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Trapped

Synopsis

When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved home in County Cavan. Blinded by hatred and misguided patriotism 'Anton' is led into an illicit world of violence and is forced to choose between his family and his country. Hunted and on the run, Anton is drawn into a battle of wills with the law and his former accomplices, ending in a showdown in which he must risk everything to protect the woman he loves.
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Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 mins
Format
HD
Director
Graham Cantwell
Producer
Anthony Fox, Patrick Clarke
Executive Producer
Pat McArdle, Leanne Willars
Editor
Breege Rowley
Screenwriter
Anthony Fox
Director of Photography
Fergal O'Hanlon
Production Designer
Graham Williams, Anita Delaney
Sound
Damien Looney
Composer
Anna Rice
Principal cast
Gerard McSorley, Anthony Fox, Laura Way

Genre

Action Northern Irish Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Fox Glove Films

Quilca
Virginia
Co. Cavan

Sales Company

EastWest Distribution

49 Goodge Street
London W1T 1TE, United Kingdom

High Fliers Films

Gainsborough House
2 Sheen Road
Richmond Upon Thames
TW9 1AE

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