Irina Palm

Irina Palm (2007)

Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her.

Date of release
2007-02-13
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (184)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Director
Sam Garbarski

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 2. Including: Luxembourg Film Award

Irina Palm is a 2007 tragicomedy film directed by Sam Garbarski from a screenplay by Martin Herron and Philippe Blasband. It is an international co-production between Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and France. It stars Marianne Faithfull as a senior-aged woman whose desire to pay for her sick grandson's operation takes her down a path she never would have imagined. Miki Manojlović, Kevin Bishop, Siobhan Hewlett, Dorka Gryllus, and Jenny Agutter appear in supporting roles.

Production

Irina Palm was produced by Sébastien Delloye for Entre Chien et Loup (Belgium), in co-production with Pallas Film (Germany), Samsa Film (Luxembourg), Ipso Facto Films (United Kingdom), Liaison Cinématographique (France), Ateliers de Baere (Belgium), and RTBF Television (Belgium).

Director Sam Garbarski said about his choice to shoot the film in English:

It would have been very easy to make a satirical comedy or to fall into the trap of vulgarity. What I like in tragicomedy is the poetry of humour. And the English language, regardless of its socio-cultural links, portrays a fabulous humoristic outlook on life. This quality for self-derision is very dear and very important to me. It gave the film that little bit extra.

Irina Palm was three years in the making, and principal photography lasted eight weeks. The film was shot in Soho and around London, England for the exterior scenes, with studio work and interior scenes filmed in Leipzig, Germany and in Luxembourg.

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