BOXED
by Marion Comer
synopsis
Father Brendan is a young Catholic priest fresh from Seminary, full of idealistic beliefs and faith. After a difficult discussion with his mentor, Father Moran, a cynical and bitter priest, Father Brendan is collected outside his church by a young man who mistakes him for Father Moran. He is taken to an isolated house where an IRA group is holding a suspected informer awaiting execution. The priest is expected to hear the informers' last confession but refuses to go along with this and locks himself in a room with the victim, threatening to expose the IRA members.
international title: | BOXED |
original title: | BOXED |
country: | United Kingdom, Ireland |
sales agent: | Fireproof Films Ltd |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Marion Comer |
film run: | 78' |
release date: | IE 25/11/2002 |
screenplay: | Marion Comer |
cast: | Darragh Kelly, Catherine Cusack, Jim Norton, Tom Murphy, Brendan Mackey, Eanna MacLiam, Gerard Jordan, Joe Gallagher |
cinematography by: | Bahran Manocheri |
film editing: | Rodney Holland |
music: | Jennie Muskett, Rachel Robertson |
producer: | Gemma Dempsey, Laurence Penn, Lene Bausager, Douglas Graham |
production: | Fireproof Films, Ugly Duckling Films |