Short film
The Island
1966 · 30 min
A quiet, observational portrait of island life that rewards patience with a steady sense of place and community.
- Directed by
- Bob Quinn
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Budawanny was filmed on location on Clare Island, Co. Mayo. Exactly twenty years before, Bob Quinn had made a half-hour documentary on the daily lives of the inhabitants. It is interesting to compare the factual and fictional treatments of the same community.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, work, family, nature
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Bob Quinn
- Genres
- Documentary