PREVIEW: The Ballad of Billy McCrae (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ian Virgo (Black Hawk Down), David Hayman (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), Sianad Gregory (StreetDance 3D), Ross O’Hennessy (The Trees That Bled), Gerald Tyler (High Tide), Sophie Carmen-Jones (Rocketman), Christopher Patrick Nolan (Lynn + Lucy), Kerry Joy Stewart (The Good Drug Dealer), David Constant (film debut), Tim Duthrane (Dragon Kingdom), Carli De’La Hughes (Down the Dark Road), Phil Howe (One Minutes)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chris Crow (Panic Button), director, editor; Philip Palmer (Arritmia), writer; Michael Riley (Crowhurst), producer; Mark Rutherford (Devil’s Bridge), composer; Alex Metcalfe (Anything’s Possible), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After losing his fortune in Canada, Chris Blythe (Virgo) returns to his home town in South Wales, where he takes up a job as a quarry worker. There, he meets and falls in love with a wild and volatile woman named Elen (Gregory), whose father happens to be Billy McCrae (Hayman), the quarry’s dangerous and devious owner, and soon Chris is torn between his love for Elen and the hate from her father…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This ferocious drama about a forbidden love affair is made extra fierce by the menacing supporting performance of David Hayman, who plays the titular Billy McCrae with all the fires of hell.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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