IRISH FILM INSTITUTE PRESENT – About Adam

About Adam
Directed and written by Gerry Stembridge

Refreshingly playful about sexual shenanigans, whatever the permutations, About Adam is a romantic-comedy which wholly captures the free-spirited nature of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger boom. The film hinges on the enigmatic Adam (Stuart Townsend), a dynamic and unpredictable lothario who woos waitress Lucy Owens (Kate Hudson), followed by her two sisters and then her brother. Despite the infidelity and betrayals, the family remain enamoured of this handsome rogue; sisters Laura (Frances O’Connor) and Alice (Charlotte Bradley) brother David (Alan Maher) and their irrepressible mother (Rosaleen Linehan) find their lives invigorated by spending time with Adam. The story rolls out against a vibrant, cosmopolitan Dublin filled with wine-bars, galleries and Winding Stairs, populated by comfortable middle class types who, until then, had rarely been seen on film. The whole is infused with writer/director Gerry Stembridge’s wry humour and astute social observation.

93 minutes, Ireland/UK/USA, 2000
The film will be introduced by director, screenwriter, novelist Gerry Stembridge