THE FRONT LINE
synopsis
The story of Joe Mumba, a musician from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been approved his application for asylum in Ireland. However, when working as a security guard in a bank, his world is turned upside down when Dublin’s underworld makes him an offer he can’t refuse.
| international title: | The Front Line |
| original title: | The Front Line |
| country: | Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden |
| sales agent: | High Point Films & TV |
| year: | 2006 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | David Gleeson |
| film run: | 95' |
| release date: | IE 25/09/2006, UK 25/09/2006 |
| screenplay: | David Gleeson |
| cast: | Gerard McSorley, Eriq Ebouaney, James Farin |
| cinematography by: | Volker Tittel |
| film editing: | Stuart Gazzard |
| art director: | Jim Furlong, Emer MacAvin |
| costumes designer: | Grania Preston |
| music: | Patrick Cassidy |
| producer: | James Flynn, Philipp Homberg, Adrian Sturges, Lena Rehnberg, Nathalie Lichtenhaler |
| production: | Wide Eye Films, Sandrew Metronome Sverige AB, Philipp Homberg Filmproduktion (DE) |
| backing: | Irish Film Board, Hamburg Film Fund, Eurimages, Film I Vast, Scion Films, Sandrew Metronome, RTE |
| distributor: | Buena Vista International Ireland, Sandrew Metronome (SE), Entertainment Group |
