PREVIEW: Rose Plays Julie (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ann Skelly (Kissing Candice), Orla Brady (A Girl from Mogadishu), Aidan Gillen (Calvary), Annabell Rickerby (The Secret Scripture), Catherine Walker (A Dark Song), Joanne Crawford (Mammal), Alan Howley (Alarm), Sadie Soverall (film debut), Jack McEvoy (The Rhythm Section), Hannah Behan (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Joe Lawlor (Mister John), director, writer, producer; Christine Molloy (Helen), director, writer, editor; David Collins (Float Like a Butterfly), producer; Stephen McKeon (The Hole in the Ground), composer; Tom Comerford (Michael Inside), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Rose (Skelly), a troubled young woman, seeks out her biological parents who gave her up for adoption. After tracking down her birth mother, TV actress Ellen (Brady), and then her real father, famed archaeologist Peter (Gillen), Rose begins to set in motion a dark and dangerous sequence of events…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This chilling and disturbing Irish thriller from filmmakers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy features a terrifying lead performance by Ann Skelly, whose thousand-yard stare will more than haunt your nightmares.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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