The Elephant Man at Triskel Arts Centre, Sunday 16 March. John Merrick's disfiguring disabilities have forced him to become a sideshow freak. A kind-hearted surgeon takes him in and he tries to adapt to Victorian society.
David Lynch’s second feature THE ELEPHANT MAN was his first mainstream commercial and critical success. John Merrick is known as ‘The Elephant Man’, he is forced into becoming a circus sideshow freak and spurned by society due to the disfiguring disabilities he was born with. Rescued by a well-meaning surgeon, Merrick escapes a life of prejudice and cruelty as he tries to fit into a world ruled by Victorian sensibilities. This is an intensely moving true story of humanity and bravery.
“One of the most moving screen dramas of the 20th century” Mark Kermode.
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