Project Detail

8.5 Hours

Roselyn Byrne

Synopsis

8.5 Hours is an intense, contemporary drama about one day in the working lives of four software workers in Dublin. On one particular Monday, each of the characters finds their lives are in turmoil and each undergoes a gruelling series of events between the hours of 9 to 5.30, the 8.5 hours of the title.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Features
Running time: 110 mins
Format: HD
Director: Brian Lally 1st Feature
Producer: Liam Moran, Richard Callaghan, Maria Hylton
Co-Producer: Liam Moran, Richard Callaghan, Maria Hylton
Editor: Brian Lally
Screenwriter: Brian Lally
Director of Photography: Arthur Mulhern
Production Designer: Eleanora Volpe
Sound: Paddy Hanlon
Composer: Karim Elmahmoudi
Principal cast: Lynette Callaghan, Jonathan Byrne, Victor Burke, Art Kearns, Geraldine Plunkett, Gary Egan

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Northern Irish Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Instigator Films

51, Castleknock Way
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Ireland

T +353 1 821 7934

+353 87 224 2016

mail@instigatorfilms.com

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www.8point5hours.com/

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