IRISH FILM PREVIEW 2018
Penace/Aithrí is an Irish language historical drama from writer/director Tom Collins.
Peter Coonan plays Father Eoin O’ Donnell, a young firebrand priest, who uses his influence over his parishioners, and in particular a teenage boy called Antaine, to promote violence against the British in the lead-up to the 1916 Rising. O'Donnell and Antaine meet again in Derry in 1969 where both men are forced to re-examine their shared past and the deadly events that have been set in motion as a result.
The film also features Terry Byrne, Gerard McSorley, Dara Devaney, Emma Eliza Regan, Barry McGovern, Daniel J. Patton, Diona Doherty, and Padhraig Parkinson.
Penace/Aithrí was written by Greg Ó 'Braonáin and Tom
Collins, with Collins produces alongside Edwina Forkin (Zanzibar Films),
Aithrí/Penance is funded by Northern Ireland Screen, The Irish Film Board, TG4, and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
It premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2017.
PENANCE/AITHRÍ
DIR: TOM COLLINS
PRO: DEFACTO FILM
TBC
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