PREVIEW: Joyride (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter), Charlie Reid (film debut), Lochlann O’Mearáin (Love & Friendship), Olwen Fouéré (The Northman), Ruth McCabe (Philomena), Tristan Heanue (A Day Like Today), Florence Adebambo (You Are Not My Mother)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Emer Reynolds (The Farthest), director; Ailbhe Keogan (Run & Jump), writer; Tristan Lynch (The Other Lamb) and Aoife O’Sullivan (Michael Inside), producers; Ray Harman (The Young Offenders), composer; Kate McCullough (The Quiet Girl), cinematographer; Tony Cranstoun (Vivarium), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Joy (Colman) is a single mother who sets out to give away her newborn baby. Along the way, she crosses paths with Mully (Reid), a twelve-year-old street urchin, and the two of them go on the run together…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Olivia Colman takes on a far different role than she’s become known for, in a foul-mouthed and irreverent antithesis from her Oscar-winning and nominated past turns.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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