When vulnerable 17-year-old Christy (Danny Power) is thrown out of his foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane (Diarmuid Noyes), once troubled but now gainfully employed, with a loving partner (Emma Willis) and a new baby.
Christy begins to feel at home in Knocknaheeny, reconnecting with reprobate cousins (despite Shane’s firm warning to the contrary), making new friends and finding a surprising niche for himself within the community. But the brothers must come to terms with the trauma of their past before they can forge a healthy future.
This modest gem of a film is so authentic in tone and so strong in its sense of people and place, that it feels as if it has been co-authored by the working-class community it represents (not least the rapping kids of the Kabin Crew).
Dir| Brendan Canty | 99 mins| Ireland| 2025
Update: Actor Danny Power who plays ‘Christy’ will attend the screening for a Q & A after.
Film screenings are subject to confirmation / change
Clattering, noisy, joyful portrait of life in a troubled north Cork suburbThe Irish Times
