The Cured
Synopsis
Senan has been through hell. When the plague swept across Ireland he was among the thousands afflicted and rendered into rabid ghouls. Senan did horrible things he cannot forget — and neither can the public, nor the authorities charged with policing those released from captivity. Senan's sister-in-law Abbie, however, is willing to give him a second chance. She lets him live with her and her young son, believing that Senan's actions while infected were beyond his control. But as an angry anti-cured movement burgeons in tandem with an increasingly radicalized pro-cured movement, Abbie is forced to question just how far her trust should be pushed.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Cult Strand
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 95 mins
- Director
-
David Freyne 1st Feature
- Producer
- Rachael O’Kane, Rory Dungan, Ellen Page
- Executive Producer
- Conor Dennison, Aaron Farrell, John Keville
- Editor
- Chris Gill
- Screenwriter
- David Freyne
- Director of Photography
- Piers McGrail
- Production Designer
- Conor Dennison
- Sound
- Jens Rosenlund Petersen
- Composer
- Rory Friers, Niall Kennedy
- Principal cast
- Ellen Page, Sam Keeley, Stuart Graham, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Amy De Bhrún
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Ireland, UK, France coproduction
A Tilted Pictures (IE), Bac Films (FR) film produced in association with Savage Productions (IE), Cured Films (UK)
Cured Films
c/o Rory DunganTilted Pictures Ltd
Sales Company
Bac Films Distribution
9, Rue Pierre DupontParis 75010
France
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