Directed by Morgan Bushe and shot on location in North County Dublin, The Belly Of The Whale is a black comedy that follows two down-and-out drifters who attempt to alter their circumstances by teaming together to hold up a small town amusement arcade.
In the dead of a North County Dublin winter, misfit teenager Joey Moody returns home in a foolhardy bid to reopen his family’s crumbling caravan park. When Joey burns down Ronald Tanner’s camper van, he is forced to find the cash to repay him. The desperate pair, bonded together in misfortune, devise a plan to rob the local amusement arcade, the domain of small town politician, Gits Hegarty.
The Belly Of The Whale stars Pat Shortt (The Flag, Garage) together with Lewis MacDougall (A Monster Calls), Art Parkinson (Kubo and The Two Strings), Michael Smiley (Free Fire), Peter Coonan (Love/Hate), and Lauren Kinsella (You’re Ugly Too).
The Belly Of The Whale was produced by Rory Dungan for Fastnet Films, with funding from Irish Film Board, RTE, BAI, Filmbase and Windmill Lane VFX.
"It was a real honour and privilege to work with such a talented cast and crew. My hope is to present a picture of an intimate Irish world that ultimately works to say something definitive about the greater sense of mankind. The game is money, but what's at stake is so much more." - Morgan Bushe, Director
IRISH FILM PREVIEW 2018
CinÉireann / January 2018 43
THE BELLY OF THE WHALE
DIR: MORGAN BUSHE
PRO: FASTNET FILMS
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