A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BY BJÖRN RALLARE
THE FILM
GOODNIGHT PINEAPPLE is an intimate and distinctive portrait of a man who has built his entire life around listening while dealing with the difficulties of hearing loss.
On the surface, the film is about Michael McGlynn: his childhood, his stubbornness, the creation of Anúna, his family, Ireland, Iceland and his hearing loss.
Beneath that is a larger question: what happens to a person's identity when the ability they most strongly associate with themselves begins to change?
This is not a film about defeating disability. Michael continues through memory, colour, shape, technology, stubbornness and the people around him. The film allows pubs, swearing, pineapples, cold water and small absurdities to sit alongside something much more serious: the fear of losing a part of yourself.
GOODNIGHT PINEAPPLE is a warm, funny and at times painful film about hearing, creativity and stubbornness — and about continuing to be yourself when the body changes the conditions.
MICHAEL
McGLYNN
Michael McGlynn is an Irish composer and the founder of the ANÚNA Collective. His work has been shaped for decades by voice, sound and listening.
GOODNIGHT PINEAPPLE follows Michael as hearing loss changes the physical conditions of the craft around which he has built his life — while his need to create remains.
DIRECTOR
GOODNIGHT PINEAPPLE was written, directed, filmed and edited by Swedish filmmaker Björn Rallare.
Rallare works with a documentary approach centred on presence, people and story. His films aim to stay close to their subjects and to find what needs to be felt as much as what needs to be explained.
Björn Rallare is a Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer based in Linköping. With a background in graphic design, music and cultural production, he now works primarily with documentary and narrative film, both independently and commercially. His films have screened at around thirty international festivals and received several awards and cultural recognitions. Alongside commissioned work, he develops independent films through Havanna Produktion. His work is driven by an interest in human behaviour, identity, belonging and the tension between personal history and the present moment.
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Photo by Nejc Rudel.
CREDITS
A FILM BY
Björn Rallare
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, FILMED AND EDITED BY
Björn Rallare
SOUND
Peder Carlsson
PRODUCED BY
Havanna Produktion
in association with
It Takes Three to Tango
consisting of Margrét Pálsdóttir, Michael McGlynn & Björn Rallare
FULL CREDITS
A FILM BY
Björn Rallare
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, FILMED AND EDITED BY
Björn Rallare
FEATURING
Lucy Champion
Linda Connolly
Bjarni Guðmundsson
George Hutton
Brian Masterson
Aisling McGlynn
Clare McGlynn
John McGlynn
Lauren McGlynn
Michael McGlynn
Barry McGowan
Nejc Rudel
SOUND
Peder Carlsson
PRODUCTION SUPPORT
Anúna Teo
POST-PRODUCTION SUPPORT
It Takes Three to Tango
PRODUCED BY
Havanna Produktion
in association with
It Takes Three to Tango
MUSIC
ANÚNA - Ēarendel
M'ANAM - Gunnarshólmi
SYSTIR - Once I Had a Sweetheart
The Night Visiting Song - Sung by George Hutton
Licenced from Artlist:
Max Jackson - Give It To Me
Out of Flux - I Don't Like Robots
Yehezkel Raz - Ballad to a Mexican Desert
The Raft - Living Without Me
UMLALA - Floor Dolls
Yuval Maayan - Perfect
Max Hixon - Let Me Dream
Messwave - Blink n Miss
Ya Soos - Party
THANKS TO
Michael McGlynn and family
Margrét Pálsdóttir
Windmill Lane Recording Studios
Mullets Barber Shop
The Kicking Donkey
Mosó Grill
LICENSED FOOTAGE & MUSIC
Artlist
Motion Array
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