THE LUGANO REPORT
(Ireland, Belgium, France)
Feature | 90'
The Lugano Report is an adaptation of Susan George’s renowned book. It is a paranoid containment thriller about a think-tank meeting of the new mandarins brought together in a high castle by their invisible commissioners to investigate means of maintaining capitalism for the next 50 years.
‘A brilliant, terrifying book which should be on the beside table of every policy maker in the West.’--Victoria Brittain
‘Susan George’s intimate knowledge of the bureaucratic mindset means that the book works superbly as a satire – following the example of Swift’s Modest Proposal – but her greater aim is to show that there are viable alternatives to this nightmare.’ --New Internationalist
'In this satire, a summit on preserving the capitalist order comes to some disturbing conclusions as it follows the logic of capitalism ad infinitum.' --Washington Post
‘With acid wit and somber truths, The Lugano Report brilliantly portrays, through the eyes of its imagined but all too realistic planners, a world that may be heading for deep trouble.’ --Noam Chomsky
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BILLY IN THE BOWL
(Ireland)
Feature | 85'
Billy in the Bowl is a period thriller about the real character Billy Davis who lived in North Dublin in the 1780's. In the chaos of the time Billy was discovered to be the 'Stoneybatter Strangler' following a manhunt by the first ever police force in Ireland.
