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Literature on screen
Here you will find all the literary adaptations for the small and big screens available at the Mediatheque.
More than fifty films or series to borrow and watch on site.
The Mediatheque offers more than fifty films or series adapted from books written by Irish authors. From 1930 to today, these adaptations pay tribute to Irish literature in all its forms: novels, short stories, plays...
For example, you can borrow and watch on site:
Juno and the Paycock (1930), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from the play of the same name by Seán O'Casey.
Ulysses (1967), the first film adaptation from James Joyce’s novel.
Beckett on film (2001), the film version of 19 plays by Samuel Beckett.
Brooklyn (2016), adapted from the novel by Colm Tóibín.
Normal People (2020), series adapted from the novel by Sally Rooney.
… And many more titles to be discovered at the Mediatheque. Come back regularly to this page to keep up with the latest additions to the catalogue!
Literature on screen
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Sarah PHELPS, Script-writer ;
Tana FRENCH, Author of adapted texts ;
Sarah GREENE, Actor ;
Saul DIBB, Actor ;
Tom VAUGHAN-LAWLOR, Author
| Paris : Koba Films
| 2020
Irlande, 2006. Aux alentours de Dublin, le corps d’une jeune fille de treize ans est retrouvé dans les bois. Les détectives Cassie Maddox et Rob Reilly doivent élucider l’affaire qui rappelle furie...
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Lenny ABRAHAMSON, Director ;
Hettie MACDONALD, Director ;
Sally ROONEY, Author of adapted texts ;
Daisy EDGAR-JONES, Actor ;
Paul MESCAL, Actor
| Dublin : Element Pictures
| 2020
An exquisite and compulsive modern love story about how two people profoundly impact each other's lives, Normal People tracks the tender but complicated relationship of Marianne and Connell from th...
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John CROWLEY, Director ;
Colm TOIBIN, Author of adapted texts ;
Saoirse RONAN, Actor ;
Domhnall GLEESON, Actor
| [S.l.] : Lionsgate
| 2016
Dans les années 50, attirée par la promesse d’un avenir meilleur, la jeune Eilis Lacey quitte son Irlande natale et sa famille pour tenter sa chance de l’autre côté de l’Atlantique. A New-York, sa ...
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Lenny ABRAHAMSON, Director ;
Brie LARSON, Actor ;
Emma DONOGHUE, Author of adapted texts
| [S.l.] : Studio Canal
| 2016
Jack, 5 ans, vit seul avec sa mère, Ma. Elle lui apprend à jouer, à rire et à comprendre le monde qui l’entoure. Un monde qui commence et s’arrête aux murs de leur chambre, où ils sont retenus pris...
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Jim SHERIDAN, Director ;
Sebastian BARRY, Author of adapted texts ;
Jack REYNOR, Actor
| [S.l.] : Wild Side Video
| 2016
Roseanne McNulty a passé plus de 50 ans de sa vie enfermée dans un hôpital psychiatrique. Alors que celui-ci s’apprête à fermer, le Dr. William Grene est appelé pour réévaluer son état. Il est intr...
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Jim SHERIDAN, Director ;
Christy BROWN, Author of adapted texts ;
Daniel DAY LEWIS, Actor ;
Brenda FRICKER, Actor
| [S.l.] : Ferndale Films
| 2015
Né dans une famille pauvre irlandaise de Dublin, Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis) est atteint de paralysie spasmodique. Alors qu'il se rend à un concert de charité, il fait la connaissance d'une je...
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Stephen FREARS, Director ;
Roddy DOYLE, Author of adapted texts ;
Tina KELLEGHER, Actor ;
Colm MEANEY, Actor
| Londres : BBC
| 2015
Dans les années 90 en Irlande, la jeune Sharon Curley vit avec sa famille dans un quartier populaire. L'annonce de sa grossesse va semer le trouble, d'autant qu'elle refuse de révéler le nom du pèr...
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Stephen BROWN, Director ;
John BANVILLE, Author of adapted texts ;
Ciaran HINDS, Actor ;
Charlotte RAMPLING, Actor
| [S.l.] : Independent Distribution
| 2014
Art historian Max Morden returns to the sleepy seaside resort where he spent summers as a child after losing his wife. Max lodges at a boarding house he once frequented, where Miss Vavasour and res...
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ALEXANDER JOHN, Director ;
John BANVILLE, Author of adapted texts ;
Diarmuid LAWRENCE, Director ;
Jim O'HANION, Director
| Londres : BBC
| 2013
Adapted from the novels by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black, the three feature films -Christine Falls, The Silver Swan and Elegy for April - reveal the tangled truth about Quirke's living fa...
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Rodrigo GARCIA, Director ;
Glenn CLOSE, Actor ;
George MOORE, Author of adapted texts ;
Mia WASIKOWSKA, Actor
| [S.l.] : Morrison Films
| 2011
Au XIXe siècle, dans l'Irlande en proie à de terribles difficultés, une femme se fait passer pour un homme afin de pouvoir travailler. Adaptation de l'oeuvre de George Moore
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Film adapté du roman The Dark Fields d'Alan Glynn. Eddie Morra écrivain raté et sans ambition voit sa vie chamboulée par la découverte du NZT : pilule expérimentale qui multiplie ses capacités. Trè...
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Martin PROVOST, Director ;
Keith RIDGWAY, Author of adapted texts
| Paris : Diaphana Edition Video
| 2011
Parce qu'elle a été trop longtemps victime, Rose Mayer décide de prendre son destin en main et assassine son mari. Elle part alors retrouver son fils à Bruxelles, qui a fui l'enfer familial depuis ...
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William MONAHAN, Director ;
Ken BRUEN, Author of adapted texts ;
Colin FARRELL, Actor ;
David THEWLIS, Actor
| Paris : Metropolitan Filmexport
| 2010
Mitchel sort de prison plein de bonnes intentions. Pourtant, lorsqu'il tombe sur son vieil ami Billy, un petit voyou à la recherche d'un complice, il accepte de l'aider en échange d'un toit. Incapa...
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Mark HERMAN, Director ;
John BOYNE, Author of adapted texts ;
David THEWLIS, Actor
| Dublin : Heyday Films
| 2009
Bored and restless in his new home, Bruno, an innocent and naive eight-year-old, ignores his mother and sets off on an adventure in the woods. Soon he meets a young boy, and a surprising friendship...
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Matt CLARK, Director ;
Hugh LEONARD, Author of adapted texts ;
Martin SHEEN, Actor
| Londres : Boulevard Entertainment
| 2006
Charlie, a 40 year old Irish playwright living in New York, comes back to Ireland for his father's funeral. As he sorts through the old man's papers, Da himself strolls in. Shocked, Charlie reminds...
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Roy WARD BAKER, Director ;
Peter BOWLES, Actor ;
Martin ROSS, Author of adapted texts ;
E. OE. SOMERVILLE, Author of adapted texts ;
Peter SYKES, Director
| [S.l.] : Acorn Media
| 2006
Special Features on DVD 1 : Stories and Recipes from Mrs Cadogan's Kitchen, Profile of Writers Somerville and Ross, Scene Indexing and Cast Filmographies
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Neil JORDAN, Director ;
Brendan GLEESON, Actor ;
Cillian MURPHY, Actor ;
Stephen REA, Actor
| [S.l.] : Pathé Productions
| 2005
Set in the 70's, the film follows the exploits of Patrick Braden, an endearing, witty, clever and deceptively tough young man, who has a penchant for dressing as a woman..
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Robert CHETWYN, Director ;
Peter BOWLES, Actor ;
Martin ROSS, Author of adapted texts ;
E. OE. SOMERVILLE, Author of adapted texts
| [S.l.] : Acorn Media
| 2005
Special Features on DVD 1 : 'The making of' The Irish R. M. Featurette, Stories and Recipes from Mrs. Cadogan's Kitchen, Profile of Writers Somerville and Ross, Scene Indexing and Cast Filmographies
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Roy WARD BAKER, Director ;
Peter BOWLES, Actor ;
Martin ROSS, Author of adapted texts ;
E. OE. SOMERVILLE, Author of adapted texts ;
Peter SYKES, Director
| [S.l.] : Acorn Media
| 2005
Special Features on DVD 1 : Stories and Recipes from Mrs. Cadogan's Kitchen, Profile of Writers Somerville and Ross, Scene Indexing and Cast Filmographies
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Stuart BURGE, Director ;
John GORRIE, Director ;
Oscar WILDE, Author of adapted texts
| Londres : BBC
| 2005
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Rudolph CARTIER, Director ;
Tony SMITH, Director ;
Oscar WILDE, Author of adapted texts
| Londres : BBC
| 2005
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On the morning of the 16th June, 1904, Leopold Bloom set out an odyssey that was to become one of the most wonderful tales of the 20th century. Based on James Joyce's novel, Ulysses
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7-episode TV series. Strumpet City is a Dublin on the edge. Ordinary folks are barely surviving, festering in squalid tenements, whole families living in a single room. The war against Germany is l...
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John QUESTED, Director ;
Brian FRIEL, Author of adapted texts
| 2003
A young man, Gar O'Donnell debates with on-screen alter-ego whether or not he should leave the depressing environment of his home town and migrate to stay with his aunt in Philadelphia
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Peter SHERIDAN, Director ;
Danny DYER, Actor ;
Shawn HATOSY, Actor
| [S.l.] : Clarence Pictures
| 2001
During World War II, at the age of sixteen, Brendan travelled to Liverpool with a suitcase of explosives. However his bombing mission was foiled when he was apprehended and subsequently imprisoned....
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Recorded live at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre in July 2001, adapted for the stage by Phyllis Ryan, the play follows the efforts of Kerry Matchmaker Dicky Mick Dicky O'Connor to find 'suitable' partners ...
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En pleine coupe du monde de football, alors que l'Irlande vient d'etre selectionnée, Bimbo Reeves, ouvrier boulanger, est licencié. Bien décidé à s'en sortir, Bimbo et son pote Larry, chomeur lui a...
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Alan PARKER, Director ;
Robert CARLYLE, Actor ;
Frank MCCOURT, Author of adapted texts ;
Emily WATSON, Actor
| [S.l.] : Universal Studios
| 1999
Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Franck McCourt. Living by his wits, cheered by his irrepressible spirit, and sustained by his mother's fierce love, Franck...
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Atom EGOYAN, Director ;
Elaine CASSIDY, Actor ;
Bob HOSKINS, Actor ;
William TREVOR, Author of adapted texts
| [S.l.] : Icon Film
| 1999
Joseph Hilditch is an eccentric chef who lives in a large country manor. He befriends a young woman named Felicia. She is attracted to the seemingly harmless and extremely helpful Hilditch, trustin...
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Nichola BRUCE, Director ;
Maria DOYLE, Actor ;
Dermot HEALY, Actor
| [S.l.] : Hot Property Film
| 1999
The portrait of a man reflecting upon his life, from his rural upbringing on the West Coast of Ireland to his journey to London and experiences in the vividly modern metropolis
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Neil JORDAN, Director ;
Patrick MCCABE, Author of adapted texts ;
Stephen REA, Actor ;
Fiona SHAW, Actor
| [S.l.] : Geffen Pictures
| 1998
In a small Irish town in the 1950's, Francie Brady and his best friend Joe play the usual childhood fantasy games. But outside his children's play, real life is far less appealing for Francie. Base...
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Pat O'CONNOR, Director ;
Brian FRIEL, Author of adapted texts ;
Michael GAMBON, Actor ;
Meryl STREEP, Actor
| [S.l.] : Ferndale Films
| 1998
In the Mundy family, living in Ballybeg, Donegal, Michael, the illegitimate son of the youngest sister, feels the joy and security of his family. But when his father comes home, secrets and sorrows...
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David CAFFREY, Director ;
Colin BATEMAN, Author of adapted texts ;
Rachel GRIFFITHS, Actor ;
David THEWLIS, Actor
| Londres : BBC
| 1998
He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time, he writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an Independent state, Dan Starkey's life is ...
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Alan PARKER, Director ;
Roddy DOYLE, Author of adapted texts
| [S.l.] : Twentieth Century Fox
| 1991
Jimmy Rabbitte est un visionnaire. Il caresse le rêve d'importer la soul music à Dublin. Lorsque ses amis Derek et Outspan lui proposent d'être le manager de leur groupe, Jimmy accepte à ses propre...
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Thaddeus O'SULLIVAN, Director ;
Donal MCCANN, Actor ;
Saskia REEVES, Actor
| [S.l.] : Art Film
| 1990
Sarah Gormartin, a strong-willed, striking servant girl, comes to live with Andrew Echlin and his two sons. When the old man dies, Sarah chooses to remain against her mother's advice. She develops ...
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Jim SHERIDAN, Director ;
Richard HARRIS, Actor ;
John HURT, Actor ;
John B. KEANE, Author of adapted texts
| [S.l.] : Clarence Irish Classics
| 1990
Bull McCabe (Richard Harris) has single handedly nurtured a field of rock into a verdant pasture. It is his life. But now the Field is to be sold by public auction. When an American (Tom Berenger) ...
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In 1777 as the American War of Independence rages Dick Dudgeon returns to the family he revolted against years ago. But his life is about to take another twist as the British arrive and seem set on...
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Dublin, hiver 1904. Les vieilles demoiselles Morhan organisent comme chaque année une soirée de réveillon. Parmi les convives, le neveu favori des hôtes fait une entrée remarquée en compagnie de sa...
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Cal, an unemployed nineteen-year-old Catholic who is unwilling drawn into the dangerous world of the IRA, becoming an accomplice in the murder of a Protestant policeman. Written by Bernard MacLaver...
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Arms and the Man: This play is a burlesque of Victorian attitudes to heroism, war and empire. The Man of Destiny: The Man of Destiny is a witty war of words between Napoleon and a "strange lady"
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Relaxing amidst the sunshine of a seaside holiday, the enlightened Mrs Clandon and her 3 children celebrate their return to England after 18 years. However, a chance encounter with their estranged ...
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Retired seafarer, Captain Shotover, is reluctantly hosting a weekend house party for his two daughters, and their bohemian friends. As they indulge in dangerous flirtations, will anyone notice thei...
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In Dublin in 1900 Stephen Dedalus, the future genius James Joyce, struggles through the crises of youth and sexuality. He matures into a young man able to begin to find his place with his own ideal...
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King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy. But who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? A...
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Pygmalion: This play is a reworking of the classical tale: the phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess...
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Mrs Warren has graduated from prostitution to opening and operating a chain of brothels throughout Europe. When her educated daughter Vivie discovers the truth about her mother's profession her rea...
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Epifania is glamorous, clever"and also the richest woman in the world. Brought up by a money-mad father, she will only consider a man for marriage if he can convert £150 into £50,000 within 6 month...
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Arthur DREIFFUS, Director ;
Brendan BEHAN, Author of adapted texts ;
Patrick MCGOOHAN, Actor ;
Sylvia SYMS, Actor
| [S.l.] : Odeon Entertainment
| 1962
The newly arrived prison warder, Thomas Crimmin, is convinced that capital punishment by the state is justified. A few days later, a quare fellow (condemned man) is executed protesting his innocenc...
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Alfred HITCHCOCK, Director ;
Sean O'CASEY, Author of adapted texts
| 1929
Dans une Irlande déchirée par une guerre intestine, Junon Boyle, croyante, digne et vertueuse, peine à entretenir ses deux enfants et son mari, habitué des pubs. Leur fils se fait assassiner, leur ...
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Kirsten SHERIDAN, Director ;
Enda WALSH, Author of adapted texts
| [S.l.] : Anamorphic Widescreen
Pig and Runt are born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telephatic. But days before their 17th birthday the perfect balance of their worl...
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Joseph STRICK, Director
| [S.l.] : Fremantle Home Entertainment
Wandering the Dublin streets, Leopold Bloom thinks about his dead son, his cuckolding wife, Molly, and his own impotence. During his travels he encounters a one-eyed man who taunts him with anti-Se...
