Galway Film Fleadh 2020: Arracht
Followed by Q + A with “director Tom O’Sullivan and cast Donall O Healaí, Dara Devaney and Saise Ni Chuinn.
It is mid nineteen century Ireland and news of the potato blight is in the air. The land is soon in the tight grip of the famine. The communities Coleman knows so well are annihilated. His wife and son are not spared. Broken and desolate, Coleman lives a solitary life on a rocky island evading the law and fighting starvation.
One day he encounters a ten year old girl, Kitty. Kitty needs Coleman to feed and shelter her. Coleman needs Kitty to help him find his humanity and find a reason to live.
Cast
Dónall Ó Héalaí, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney, Michael McElhatton, Peter Coonan, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh
Director
Tom Sullivan
Producer
Cúán Mac Conghail
Writer
Tom Sullivan
Cinematographer
Kate McCullough
Language(s)
Gaeilge, English