Directed by:
Nick RowlandScreenplay:
Joe MurtaghCinematography:
Piers McGrailComposer:
Benjamin John PowerCast:
Barry Keoghan, Ned Dennehy, Anthony Welsh, Niamh Algar, David Wilmot, Simone Kirby, Cosmo Jarvis, Hazel Doupe, Róisín O'Neill, Ryan McParland, Ally Ni Chiarain (more)VOD (1)
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With his hulking physique and close-cropped cranium, retired pugilist Douglas "Arm" Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis) is an intimidating figure. His boxing days behind him and with few prospects to be sought in his depressed Irish seaside community, Arm is happy to be recruited into the Devers family drug business. Working as the right-hand man to Dympna (Barry Keoghan), eldest of the Devers offspring, Arm makes a menacing — and thus highly valued — enforcer. Underneath Arm's thuggish exterior, however, lies a disarming tenderness, especially when he's allowed to visit his five-year-old son Jack, who is on the autism spectrum. As tensions between Arm and Jack's mother begin to thaw, Arm sees a chance to prove himself as a parent. When the Devers give him a task that will test the limits of his loyalty, Arm is forced to reckon with what kind of man he really wants to be. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Barry Keoghan
Ireland
Best movies:
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Dunkirk (2017)
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Ned Dennehy
Ireland
Best movies:
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Jane Eyre (2011)
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Anthony Welsh
UK
Best movies:
Journeyman (2017)
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Niamh Algar
Ireland
Best movies:
Wrath of Man (2021)
Calm with Horses (2019)
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David Wilmot
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Michael Collins (1996)
Parked (2010)
Simone Kirby
Best movies:
Kneecap (2024)
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Cosmo Jarvis
USA
Best movies:
Vera (2011) (series)
Lady Macbeth (2016)
Calm with Horses (2019)
Hazel Doupe
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Calm with Horses (2019)
The Miracle Club (2023)
Róisín O'Neill
Best movies:
Darkest Hour (2017)
Calm with Horses (2019)
Love Eternal (2013)
Ryan McParland
Best movies:
Good Vibrations (2012)
Calm with Horses (2019)
Tale of Tales (2015)
Ally Ni Chiarain
Best movies:
My Name Is Emily (2015)
Black '47 (2018)
Dating Amber (2020)
Liam Carney
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Commitments (1991)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Toni O'Rourke
Best movies:
Rosie (2018)
Calm with Horses (2019)
What Richard Did (2012)
Kiljan Moroney
Best movies:
Calm with Horses (2019)