Timbuktu DVD Russia Hugely successful at the Irish

Hugely successful at the Irish box office

An anthology of four nightmarish folk tales adapted from Lafcadio Hearn's classic Japanese ghost stories about mortals caught up in forces beyond their comprehension when the supernatural world intervenes in their lives

Dirk Bogarde plays the composer who has gone to Venice to recover from a disastrous concert where he becomes infatuated with a teenage boy

'Silence' Director: Pat Collins (2012)

Timbuktu DVD Russia Hugely successful at the Irish'Timbuktu' Director: Abderrahmane Sissako (2014) French, Arabic, Bambara & Songhay English subtitles Affecting, beautifully filmed drama. A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes at the edge of Timbuktu have their lives drastically disrupted by jihadists who occupy the city.