Project Detail

The Most Fertile Man In Ireland

Synopsis

Eamonn Manley (Kris Marshall) hasn't much going for him. He's 24, he works in a Dating Agency (Amoré - 'Your Love is Our Affair') and he lives with his Ma. At night he hides in his room, dreaming of superhero adventures, romance and a girl he's too scared to approach.

Yet his life takes on a new direction when, after a miraculous encounter with Mary Mallory (Tara Lynn O' Neill), the local good time girl, Eamonn discovers he has the highest sperm count in Ireland. With male fertility rates plummeting around the world Eamonn finds himself in demand. Seduced by the possibility of doing good and a taste of the high life, Eamonn is persuaded by his friend Millicent (Bronagh Gallagher) to start providing a unique service to the good ladies of Belfast.

With his new-found confidence, he finally finds the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams. Rosie (Kathy Kiera Clarke) works at the local funeral home and has proved impervious to the approaches of more bullish guys. Entirely unaware of his new profession she finds herself drawn to the innocent, awkward Eamonn. And so begins Eamonn's bizarre double life: Lothario to half the city by day and shy lover to Rosie by night. His life is weirder and more wonderful than he could ever have imagined.

Meanwhile the 'most fertile man in Ireland' has come to the attention of the local Protestant hardmen, led by Mad Dog Billy Wilson (James Nesbitt), formerly 'the most-feared and psychotic' paramilitary in Belfast who now finds himself in a world that no longer requires or endorses his services. Aware that the rising birth rate in the Catholic community means the Protestants will no longer be in the majority, he is determined to get Eamonn to even the score.

Details

Year: 2001
Type of film: Features
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Dudi Appleton 1st Feature
Producer: Rod Stoneman
Executive Producer: Rod Stoneman
Editor: Emer Reynolds
Screenwriter: Jim Keeble
Director of Photography: Ronan Fox
Sound: Mervyn Moore (Location Mixer), Marc Berger (Final Mix)
Music: James Johnston
Principal cast: Kris Marshall, James Nesbitt, Bronagh Gallagher, Kathy Kiera-Clarke

Genre

Northern Irish Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

amson Films

Contact: David Collins
The Barracks
76 Irishtown Road
Dublin 4

T +353 1 667 0533

info@samsonfilms.com

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Sales Company

Alibi Films International

Contact: Hilary Davis
12 Maiden Lane
London WC2E 7NA
UK

T +44 020 7845 0410

afi@alibifilms.co.uk