Pavilion Theatre presents
Monday Night Cinema: Summer 2024
12 Weeks of World-Class Film
Pavilion Theatre proudly presents a brand new 12-week season of Monday Night Cinema featuring Oscar-winners, Irish favourites, fresh perspectives and breathtaking stories from around the world. Season tickets to guarantee your seat and get the best price are just €102 inclusive of booking fees.
Coming up between Monday 6 May and Monday 22 July 2024: American Fiction, Monster, The Promised Land, The Origin of Evil, All of Us Strangers, La Chimera, The Teachers' Lounge, That They May Face the Rising Sun, Io Capitano, Perfect Days, One Life, Kidnapped.
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American Fiction
Mon 6 May, 5pm & 8pm
English | Cert: 15A | 2023 | 117mins
Best Adapted Screenplay, Oscars 2024
Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut is a smart and hilarious satire, in which Jeffrey Wright plays a struggling Black writer who "accidentally" writes a hit novel under an assumed identity.
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Monster
Mon 13 May, 5pm & 8pm
Japanese & English | Cert: 12A | 2023 | 125mins
Best Director, Asian Film Awards 2024
Following films made in France and Korea, Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to Japan for this compassionate exploration of childhood turmoil.
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The Promised Land
Mon 20 May, 5pm & 8pm
Danish, Swedish, German & Norwegian | Cert: 15A | 2023 | 127mins
3 Wins incl. Best European Actor, European Film Awards 2024
Mads Mikkelsen stars in this old-school Western with an 18th Century Danish twist, from BAFTA-nominated writer-director Nikolaj Arcel.
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The Origin of Evil
Mon 27 May, 5pm & 8pm
French | Cert: Club | 2022 | 123mins
Queer Lion Nominee, Venice Film Festival 2022
Laure Calamy stars in this thoroughly enjoyable French thriller, with delectable comic moments and tour-de-force performances from the entire cast.
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All of Us Strangers
Mon 3 June, 5pm & 8pm
English | Cert: 16 | 2023 | 105mins
6 Nominations incl. Best British Film, BAFTA 2024
7 Wins incl. Best Director and Best Supporting Performance, British Independent Film Awards 2024
Irish stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal have won deserved plaudits for their emotionally candid performances in the latest heartbreaking and romantic feature from Andrew Haigh.
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La Chimera
Mon 10 June, 5pm & 8pm
Italian & English | Cert: 12A | 2023 | 133mins
Palme d'Or Nominee, Cannes Film Festival 2023
Starring Josh O'Connor (The Crown), the new film from Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro) is a fresh, engrossing adventure film that’s simultaneously gritty and magical; sad and romantic; satisfying and unpredictable.
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The Teachers' Lounge
Mon 17 June, 5pm & 8pm
German, Turkish, Polish & English | Cert 12A | 2023 | 133mins
Best International Feature Nominee, Oscars 2024
Director İlker Çatak misses nothing in his brilliantly observed drama where a school becomes a proxy for the cultural and ethical clashes of modern-day society, and nothing remains private.
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That They May Face the Rising Sun
Mon 24 June, 5pm & 8pm
English | Cert: 12A | 2023 | 111mins
11 Nominations incl. Best Film, Irish Film & Television Awards 2024
Based on John McGahern’s final novel and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Pat Collins, this is a perfectly-observed slice of 1970s rural Ireland - full of humour, warmth and lost traditions.
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Io Capitano
Mon 1 July, 5pm & 8pm
Wolof, French, Arabic & English | Cert: 12A | 121mins
Best International Feature Nominee, Oscars 2024
Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah) directs this humanistic portrait of the migrant experience, full of deep compassion, capturing the tragedy, turmoil and overriding sense of hope so many migrants cling to.
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Perfect Days
Mon 8 July, 5pm & 8pm
Japanese & English | Cert: PG | 2023 | 125mins
Best International Feature Nominee, Oscars 2024
Wim Wenders' Japan-set latest is a charming, moving gem about a Tokyo public toilet caretaker whose quiet life is disrupted when a young woman appears on his doorstep.
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One Life
Mon 15 July, 5pm & 8pm
English, German, Czech & French | Cert: 12A | 2023 | 109mins
Audience Award, Palm Springs Film Festival 2024
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn lead an all-star cast in this incredible true story of bravery and heroism following Nicolas Winton - saviour of 669 children from the clutches of the Nazis.
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Kidnapped
Mon 22 July, 5pm & 8pm
Italian, Hebrew & Latin | Cert: Club | 2023 | 134mins
Palme d'Or Nominee, Cannes Film Festival 2023
Palme d’Or-winning director Marco Bellocchio's latest film is based on the true story of how a six-year-old Jewish boy was taken from his family by the Catholic Church.