Black 47

Black 47
Director
Lance Daly
Country
Ireland (Eire), Luxemburg, United States
Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Lance Daly, PJ Dillon, Eugene O’Brien, Pierce Ryan
Cast
Barry Keoghan, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford, Stephen Rea, James Frecheville, Freddie Fox, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Dermot Crowley
Production
Fastnet Films, Samsa Film, Primeridian Entertainment (US), ArtCastle (US)

Storyline

Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he is shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalisation of his people and his family.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2018
Out of Competition

Call for proposals Development
Media support 43.000,00€

Slate Funding