SANCTUARY (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kieran Coppinger (film debut), Charlene Kelly (film debut), Robert Doherty (film debut), Stephen Marcus (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Tara Breathnach (A Nightingale Falling), Amy-Joyce Hastings (The Callback Queen), Christopher Dunne (Conspiracy of Silence), Caroline Grace-Cassidy (Your Highness)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Len Collin (film debut), director; Christian O’Reilly (film debut), writer; Edwina Forkin (Headrush), producer; Joseph Conlan (Fertile Ground), composer; Russell Gleeson (Choppers), cinematographer; Julian Ulrichs (Sing Street), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Larry (Coppinger) and Sophie (Kelly) are in love, but because they both have intellectual disabilities, they are forbidden by law from being intimate with each other. Desperate to spend some time alone together, they escape the not so watchful eye of their support worker Tom (Doherty) and go on a joyous rampage through Galway…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This heartwarming and simultaneously heartbreaking look at being both disabled and in love is a must-see for anyone in the care industry.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH DECEMBER 2017

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

The Idea of You (2024, dir. Michael Showalter)

A 40-year-old single mother begins a relationship with a much younger pop star…

Love Lies Bleeding (2024, dir. Rose Glass)

A gym manager falls in love with an ambitious bodybuilder…

Jericho Ridge (2023, dir. Will Gilbey)

A group of murderous criminals target a remote Sherriff’s Office…

I.S.S. (2024, dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite)

A group of American and Russian astronauts find themselves up against one another…

In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023, dir. Robert Lorenz)

In 70s Ireland, a contract killer goes up against a group of IRA terrorists…

There’s Still Tomorrow (2024, dir. Paola Cortellesi)

In post-war Rome, an abused housewife seeks personal liberation…

The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024, dir. Kobi Libii)

A young Black man is recruited into a secretive organisation that betters the lives of White people…

Boy Kills World (2024, dir. Moritz Mohr)

A young deaf-mute man takes revenge against the regime that killed his family…

Ordinary Angels (2024, dir. Jon Gunn)

A hairdresser attempts to help a struggling family…

Challengers (2024, dir. Luca Guadagnino)

A former tennis champion is caught between two former best friends…