Ciarán Hinds Wins Best Actor at Tribeca

admin | May 12, 2009

Irish actor Ciarán Hinds has won the Best Actor award for his performance in Conor McPherson’s new film The Eclipse.

The film follows the story of a widower (Hinds) who is haunted by nightmarish visions. When he volunteers at an international literary festival, his life converges with a beautiful author of supernatural fiction (Iben Hjejle) and a self-obsessed novelist (Aidan Quinn) drawing them into a life-altering collision between the living and the dead. The acting talent in the film has been particularly applauded with Variety describing both Quinn and Hind’s performances as ‘brilliant’ and the Village Voice saying ‘the acting was just superb.’

The supernatural drama screened as part of the World Narrative Feature Competition category during the 12-day festival, and has received very positive reviews from the critics to date. Irish audiences will have an opportunity to see The Eclipse when it is broadcast on RTÉ 1 later this year.