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    The Stranger

    An English artist died alone, aged 44, in a stone shed, where he lived without water, electricity or heating on a remote Irish island, leaving behind volumes of secret diaries. The Gaelic-speaking islanders knew little of Neal MacGregor during the 8 years he lived there. Who was the Stranger? Was he insane, traumatised, enlightened? A British spy? Trying to take over their island? Or just a fragile man trying to find his place? A film about memory and perception, an unusual portrait of a man, living on the edge, both physically and mentally, and the island community he lived amongst.



    Festival
    Inverness 2015
    Title
    The Stranger
    Entry Category
    Factual Single
    Produced By
    Soilsiu Films
    Producer
    David Rane
    Directed By
    Neasa Ní Chianáin
    Production Partners
    Irish Film Board, RTÉ, MEDIA
    Writer
    Neasa Ní Chianáin and Maria Gasol
    Broadcaster
    RTÉ