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You'll Never Believe Who's Dead

You'll Never Believe Who's Dead

Synopsis

As the Cosgrove family gather for a traditional Irish Christmas, and their financial problems come to the fore, a solution presents itself in the form of a robbery of local reclusive farmer Charlie Bann. But the Cosgrove’s have bitten off more than they can chew, as Charlie Bann is not who he seems to be…

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Director
Dallan Shovlin 1st Feature
Producer
Trevor Birney, Patrick O’Neill, Olly Butler
Editor
Dara McKeageney
Screenwriter
Dallan Shovlin
Director of Photography
Ryan Kernaghan
Production Designer
Heather Greenlees
Sound
Daniel McCabe
Composer
Rory Friers
Principal cast
Ardal O’Hanlon, Simone Kirby, Peter Claffey, Ruth Codd, Jacob McCarthy, Michelle Fairley, Stephen Rea

Genre

Comedy Thriller

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

A Fine Point Films (UK) and Wildcard (IE) production

Fine Point Films

Trevor Birney
2nd Floor
13 Lombard Street
Belfast
BT1 1RB
Northern Ireland

Sales Company

Bankside Films

12 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QN

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