KINGS
by Tom Collins
synopsis
A group of Irish emigrants reunites for the funeral of one of their friends. Having emigrated to England in the late 1970s, with dreams of returning to Ireland rich and successful, only one of the group is eventually going home after many years - in a coffin.
Adaptation of Jimmy Murphy's play The Kings of the Kilburn High Road.
international title: | Kings |
original title: | Kings |
country: | United Kingdom, Ireland |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Tom Collins |
film run: | 88' |
screenplay: | Tom Collins |
cast: | Colm Meaney, Christopher Fosh, Seán T. Ó Meallaigh |
cinematography by: | P.J. Dillon |
film editing: | Dermot Diskin |
art director: | David Craig |
costumes designer: | Maggie Donnelly |
producer: | Jackie Larkin, Michael Casey |
production: | Newgrange Pictures Ltd, Green Park Films |
backing: | Irish Film Board, Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, TG4, Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission, Irish Language Broadcast (IE) |
distributor: | High Point Film and Television Ltd. |