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Synopsis

Wandering loner Ray tries to track down his estranged ex-partner and teenage daughter so his dying father can see her one last time. Comedy ensues when, disguised in an outfit he sought from a charity clothing bank, realises his daughter, and her mother, have built a new life with his former PE teacher.

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Director
Niall Heery
Producer
Tristan Lynch, Aoife O'Sullivan
Executive Producer
Nigel Thomas, Charlotte Walls
Editor
Tony Cranstoun
Screenwriter
Brendan Heery, Niall Heery
Director of Photography
Tim Fleming
Production Designer
Padraig O'Neill
Composer
Niall Byrne
Principal cast
David Wilmot, James Nesbitt, Kerry Condon, Maisie Williams, Eileen Walsh

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Gloucester Place Films

20 Gloucester Place
London, W1U 8HA
Tel: +44 020 7009 9640

Subotica Entertainment

11 Hume Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel:+353 1 6622226
Fax: +353 1 6622227

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