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Scéal Eile Irish Film Festival presents VERDIGRIS
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Scéal Eile Irish Film Festival presents VERDIGRIS

24april
19:00 - 20:35
Cinéma Galeries
Cinéma Galeries, Koninginnegalerij 26 Galerie de la Reine, Brussels, Brussels-Capital 1000, Belgium

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Trapped in a marriage with a volatile and controlling husband, middle-aged, middle-class Marian takes on a secret part-time job as a census enumerator. The job is no picnic. On her tough inner-city route, she faces dismissive and abusive locals who flatly refuse to engage in the census. This includes brash and no-nonsense teenager Jewel, who Marian soon realises is living alone with no obvious means of supporting herself.

Marian finds herself striking a deal with Jewel – she won’t report her to the authorities if Jewel helps her get the locals to fill out their census forms. As they walk the streets of Dublin, an unlikely friendship blooms.

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