A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot
Synopsis
All this happens within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.
How do you bring your son to be shot? What happens afterwards? How does family life continue? How does a community respond? When do wars really end? For five years Sinéad O’Shea has filmed this shocking but darkly humorous portrait of a post conflict society.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 84 mins
- Director
-
Sinéad O'Shea 1st Feature
- Producer
- Ailish Bracken, Sinead O'Shea, Figs Jackman
- Executive Producer
- Joshua Oppenheimer, André Singer, Katie Holly, Edward Dallal, Kieron J. Walsh, Eddie Doyle, Lesley McKimm, Niamh O'Connor
- Editor
- Enda O'Dowd
- Screenwriter
- Sinéad O'Shea
- Director of Photography
- Richard Kendrick, Ross McDonnell, Enda O'Dowd, Sinéad O'Shea, Paddy Stevenson
- Sound
- Killian Fitzgerald Re-recording Mixer, Sound Editor and Dubbing Mixer, Sound Editor : Killian Fitzgerald
- Composer
- George Brennan
- Film image
- © Blinder Films and SOS Productions Limited
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Ireland, UK coproduction
A Blinder Films (IE), Spring Films (UK) production
Spring Films
47 Conduit StreetLondon
W1S 2YP
Sales Company
Cat & Docs
Catherine Le Clef18, Rue Quincampoix
75004 Paris
France
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