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It's Now or Never / How to Invent Reality / My Irish Diary

1h 46m Documentary 1996

IT’S NOW OR NEVER

A lonely Co Clare farmer employs the services of a matchmaker to find a wife – ideally “…a handy-sized woman, round the 10 stone mark, reasonable in looks; nice personality” in this funny and intimate portrait of rural isolation..

HOW TO INVENT REALITY

Here Carlsen reveals how he has orchestrated the action in “It’s Now Or Never”, a film that claims documentary status despite having a script, storyboards and a dream sequence.

MY IRISH DIARY

Re-visiting Carlsen’s record of the year that his young son spent as a visitor at the village school in Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare learning English, Irish and religion, and making friends with local children.

Director/Screenwriter

Jon Bang Carlsen

Languages

English, Danish

Country

Denmark

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