Kings
Synopsis
A universal story of disenfranchisement and search for identity. In the mid 1970s, a group of six young men left their homes in the West of Ireland, took the boat out of Dublin Bay and sailed across the sea to England in the hope of making their fortunes and returning home. Thirty years later only one, Jackie Flavin, makes it home - but does so in a coffin. Jackie's five friends reunite at his wake where they are forced face up to the reality of their alienation as long term emigrants who no longer have any real place to call home.
Directors Guild of America / Directors Guild of Ireland Award to Tom Collins.
Kings winner of Five Irish Film And Television Awards, including Special Irish Language Award.
Kings winner of Kodak Best Cinematography at Hamptons Film Festival.
Details
- Year
- 2008
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Tom Collins
- Producer
- Michael Casey
- Co-Producer
- Michael Casey
- Editor
- Dermot Diskin
- Screenwriter
- Tom Collins
- Director of Photography
- P J Dillon
- Production Designer
- David Craig
- Sound
- Kiara Murphy
- Music
- Pol O' Brennan
- Principal Cast
- Colm Meaney, Donal O' Kelly, Brendan Conroy, Barry Barnes, Donncha Crowley, Sean O' Tarpaigh
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 3rd April 2008
