DIR: LANCE DALY
PRO: FASTNET FILMS
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger named Feeney, who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, Feeney is shocked by the famine’s destruction of his homeland and the brutalisation of his people and his family.
When Feeney sets on a destructive path to avenge his kin, an ageing British soldier is sent to stop him before he can stoke the flames of revolution. However, personal bonds forged by the soldiers’ time fighting together cause both men to question their motives.
Black '47 features multi-award winning actor Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings, Matrix) and Jim Broadbent, (Iris, Harry Potter), alongside James
BLACK '47
36 CinÉireann / January 2018
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