Press Release……Press Release

The Corona Cork Film Festival announced today that the festival will be opened by Joel and Ethan Coen latest film No Country For Old Men which is the magnificent adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same title. The Festival which takes place from October 14-21 will close with the screening of Lust Caution directed by Ang Lee and winner of the Golden Lion Award at the 2007 Venice Film Festival.

Mick Hannigan Festival Director of the Corona Cork Film Festival said:

“This is one of the strongest pairings of opening and closing films the festival has had in years. Both are immensely satisfying on every level, and sure to delight audiences. To be able to see films of this calibre, in advance even of their US release is a wonderful opportunity for Cork audiences”

Featuring a star studded cast including Academy Award Winner Tommy Lee Jones, Academy Award Nominee Josh Brolin, Academy Award Nominee, Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson and Kelly McDonald, No Country For Old Men is sure not to disappoint. The film tells the story of Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) who finds a pick up truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a series of catastrophic violence that not even the law in person of the aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Jones) can contain. The film will be screened in the Cork Opera House at 8.30pm on Sunday October 14.

The Festival will close with the screening of the much anticipated film Lust Caution. This new film from the Academy Award-winning director of Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a startling, erotic espionage thriller about the fate of an ordinary woman’s heart. Based on the short story by revered Chinese author Eileen Chang, it stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung opposite screen newcomer Tang Wei. The film will be screened in the Cork Opera House at 8.30pm on Sunday October 21

Tickets for all screenings can be purchased in the Festival Box Office which is located in 56 Patrick’s Street, Top of Market Lane (021 4272263) or online on the festival website at www.corkfilmfest.org. Tickets for all screenings go on sale at 10am on Saturday October 6.

For further information contact,
Eimear O’Brien,
Press Officer, Corona Cork Film Festival
Tel: 021 4271711/ 086 8900364
Email: press@corkfilmfest.org