THE DIG (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Moe Dunford (Black ’47), Francis Magee (Layer Cake), Lorcan Cranitch (Love, Rosie), Emily Taaffe (Beast), Katherine Devlin (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Andy and Ryan Tohill (film debut), directors; Stuart Drennan (The Breaker), writer; Brian J. Falconer (film debut), producer; James Everett (Bad Day for the Cut), composer; Angus Mitchell (Pumpgirl), cinematographer; Helen Sheridan (The Good Man), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After serving fifteen years in prison for murder, Ronan Callahan (Dunford) is released and finds his victim’s father Sean (Cranitch) is searching for the body. Ronan soon figures out that the only way to redeem himself is to help him dig…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This is a chilling Irish thriller that was made on a small budget and a tiny cast, but what it lacks in size it makes up for with its endless sense of dread and gloom.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH APRIL 2019

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