Lipservice

The Oral Irish exam, seen from the examiner's chair. Seán McGinley plays an examiner in a Dublin school wading through memorised answers delivered with more bravado than comprehension, until a troubled student played by Barry Ward turns out to have real command of the language and no interest at all in the test. Paul Mercier's 20-minute film is a treat for anyone who sat the exam and lands a proper emotional punch. In Irish with English subtitles.