GOLD presented in association with the Irish Arts Center
Opening Night Film
2014/IRELAND/84min
North American premiere/Director present
OPENING NIGHT FILM WAS SOLD OUT. THANK YOU TO IRISH ARTS CENTER, NIALL HEERY, IRISH FILM BOARD AND AND OUR CO-PRESENTER NYU GLUCKSMAN IRELAND HOUSE!
Twelve years ago, Ray (David Wilmot) left town after his childhood sweetheart, Alice (Kerry Condon), dumped him, taking their daughter away from him in the process. With his ailing father requesting to see his granddaughter for the first time, Ray must return home to reunite with his daughter Abbie (Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams). But things take a turn for the absurd when Ray Discovers that his daughter and her mother have built a new life with his former PE teacher Frank (a hilarious James Nesbitt), a controlling and regimented figure who is the direct opposite of Ray.
After Ray is found sleeping in his beat-up car, Alice feels guilty enough to invite him to stay. But from his first bumbling efforts to get close to his daughter to the catastrophic effect his presence has on Frank, who is driven by his dream of bringing a revolutionary new running technique to the world — Ray manages to create chaos all around him.
Cantor Film Center, 36th East 8th St. New York, NY 10003
Friday Oct 3 2014 7:30PM
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Director: Niall Heery
Cast: David Wilmot, James Nesbitt, Maisie Williams, Kerry Condon
Script: Niall Heery, Brendan Heery
Producers: Tristan Orpen Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan
This film has been supplied by the Irish Film Institute and is preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive.
