Drama ·Thriller · Ireland · 2021 · 1h 30m

Arracht

Director

Cast

Dónall Ó Héalai as Coleman Sharkey Saise Quinn as Kitty Dara Devaney as Patsy Eoin O'Dubhghaill as Seán Dudura O'Gionnáin as Dónal Michael O'Chonfhlaola as PJ

Crew

Kate McCullough — Director of Photography Mary Crumlish — Editor Kila — Original Music Composer Tomás Ó Súilleabháin — Writer Cúán Mac Conghail — Producer Jeff Porter — Producer

Tagline

As a country starves, survival is everything.

Synopsis

Colmán Sharkey - a fisherman, a father, a husband - takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier arrives just ahead of ‘the blight,’ a crop disease that caused the Great Plague, killing and displacing millions of Irishmen.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

irish great potato famine (1845-52)

Key Collaborators

Tomás Ó Súilleabháin Director Kate McCullough Director of Photography Mary Crumlish Editor Kila Original Music Composer Tomás Ó Súilleabháin Writer Cúán Mac Conghail Producer Jeff Porter Producer Ceoladh Sheahan Producer Padraig O'Neill Production Design Clodagh Deegan Costume Design

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