It's the story of a movie and two premieres. One gets the leading role, the bright lights and all the stars, the other gets second billing and a few local dignitaries.
Tomorrow night's premiere of Angela's Ashes is being split between Dublin and its "home city" of Limerick, but even the charity organising the Limerick event has referred to the Dublin show as the "real premiere".
The public relations firm promoting these screenings, Kate Bowe PR, says it was always the plan to hold a screening in Limerick as well as Dublin.
Ms Kate Bowe said: "It was just a matter of confirming dates."
On the reason none of the stars or the film's director would be at the Limerick event, she said it would have been "logistically impossible" to fly them in from London and get them on a train to Limerick in time for the screening and after-show party.
However, those running the Limerick premiere say it has only came about after they lobbied the promoters.
Limerick Corporation, the Limerick Chamber of Commerce and Shannon Development were among those involved in the campaign.
Mr Pat Daly, regional development manager of Shannon Development, has welcomed the charity screening in Limerick.
"A number of bodies - the chamber of commerce, the corporation - felt it would be opportune to have the screening here. We were on the phones to the distributors almost as soon as they started filming it," he said.
"We are very pleased there's going to be a screening, and it's nice in a way to share it with Dublin, even if we are a little disappointed that we are not getting the national premiere."
Mr Brendan Wood, chief executive of Limerick Chamber of Commerce, said he thought the film, which focuses on the hardships of raising a family in the Limerick of the 1940s and 1950s, represented an opportunity to bring Limerick to an even wider audience than the book of the same name by Frank McCourt.
"The book has brought many American and Japanese tourists to the city. There's an immense tourist potential to be explored," he said. Among those expected at the Limerick Omniplex are the Lord Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Jack Burke; the television presenter Ms Barbara McMahon; and possibly a member of the rock group, the Cranberries.
Emily Watson, who plays Angela; Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens and Michael Legge, who play the young, middle and older Frank respectively; and the film's director, Alan Parker, will all be at the Dublin event.
The screenings will be in aid of charities. The Dublin premiere, in the Savoy cinema at 7.30 p.m., will be in aid of The Iris Youth Foundation.
The Limerick premiere will be held in the Limerick Omniplex at 7 p.m., and proceeds will go to Focus Ireland.
Ms Caroline Hickson, fundraising manager with Focus Ireland, said it was delighted to be chosen. It is expected to receive about £14,000. "We were only told a week before Christmas that there would be a screening in Limerick, so we effectively had just a week to sell tickets.
"We have had enormous interest and have sold all 750 tickets," she said.
