'Film premiere is a Sensation for Gleeson family'

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Main: actor Domhnall Gleeson, centre, with parents Brendan and Mary at the opening of his film 'Sensation' at the Irish Film Institute last night

By Kevin Keane

Saturday November 05 2011

HIS new film contains the kind of material that would make any man blush in front of his parents.

But the excitement of Domhnall Gleeson's first starring role was too big an event not to take mum along to.

The 28-year-old stepped on to the red carpet with mother Mary Gleeson last night for the opening of his new film 'Sensation' at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.

In the deadpan comedy, the actor plays a lonely young farmer who dives headlong in to a world of illicit sex, and opens a brothel on a farm he inherits from his father.

What the rising star's real-life father and actor Brendan Gleeson made of the film isn't known.

But mum appeared to be proud of her son, whose career is on the up.

Gleeson is soon to appear alongside Keira Knightly and Jude Law in a film version of the classic Tolstoy novel 'Anna Karenina'.

- Kevin Keane

Irish Independent

Actor Domhnall Gleeson says Irish men are sexually repressed - Video from Sensation

Irish central

New film tells story of an Irish farmer who’s a virgin

By

KERRY O'SHEA,

IrishCentral Intern

Published Friday, October 28, 2011, 9:11 AM

Updated Friday, October 28, 2011, 9:11 AM

Domhnall Gleeson at the premiere of 'Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows'

Photo by Google Images

In an interview on TV3 with Orla Barry, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson says that he believes Irish men are sexually repressed.

His upcoming film, ‘Sensation’, draws attention to the theory by telling the story of an Irish farmer who is a virgin, but spends a good portion of time on sex sites on the web and eventually becomes involved with a sex worker from New Zealand.

While Gleeson, son of famed Irish actor Brendan Gleeson, notes that the character he portrays is not based on anyone in particular, he does say that “I can imagine there are plenty of Irish men like this character who have seen too much but experienced not enough.”

‘Sensation’ will be released in Ireland shortly, and has already received notable praise from several film festivals. Up next for Gleeson is a film version of ‘Anna Karenina,’ directed by ‘Atonmenet’ director Joe Wright and co-starring Keira Knightly and Jude Law.

Below, catch the trailer for ‘Sensation’:

Topics:Domhnall Gleeson , Movie news , Entertainment news , Irish celebrity news

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