The debut feature from accomplished music video director Brendan Canty (Hozier’s "Take Me to Church") mines humor and heart for a crowd-pleasing drama that resists typical social realist pitfalls.

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Seventeen-year-old Christy (Danny Power) is at a crossroads. Kicked out of his latest suburban foster home, he returns to his old neighborhood to live with his estranged half-brother Shane (Diarmuid Noyes) and his young family, stirring up memories of their difficult childhood for both of them.

 

As far as Shane is concerned, the arrangement is temporary—but Christy begins to find himself and a sense of home on Cork's working-class northside. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his destructive extended family despite Shane’s best efforts to steer him away. After so many years apart, the brothers need to find a way to reconcile their turbulent past while deciding what the future looks like in a powerful story of brotherhood, belonging, second chances and finding your place in the world.

 

“Clattering, noisy, joyful portrait of life in a troubled north Cork suburb. Film-maker Brendan Canty’s debut feature finds the sweet spot between geezer romp and gritty social realism.” - Irish Times

 

“Outstanding actors and Cork landmarks shine in a moving and funny Irish drama.” - The Guardian

 

“Ultimately sunny and often ebullient — down to a communal hip-hop number at its close — this is an honest crowd pleaser...” - Variety

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"A real workout for the heart." - RTE

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"Smart, likable picture... not just a contained domestic drama but a brightly inhabited study of resilient working-class community."- The Guardian 

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"A hit with audiences at the Berlinale — where it opened the festival’s youth-oriented Generation 14plus program, and picked up the section’s top jury prize" - Variety

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"Ultimately sunny and often ebullient, this is an honest crowdpleaser that nonetheless works hard for its emotional uplift, comparable in theme and appeal to recent Irish Oscar nominee “The Quiet Girl.” - Variety