Independent Cinema for Everyone

An Irish soldier exacts his revenge on those that have harmed his family in Lance Daly's compelling revenge thriller set amidst the desolate landscape of Ireland’s potato famine. 1847, Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years. Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger abandons his post to return home and re-unite with his estranged family. Discovering his mother starved to death and his brother hanged by the brutal hand of the English he sets on a destructive path to avenge his family. Addressing one of the most traumatic periods in Irish history – a story that has barely registered on the big screen before – this powerful, resonant and beautifully performed film provides a visionary telling of the darkest days in Irish history.

Dir. Lance Daly, UK, 2018, 98 mins.
Cast. Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea, Jim Broadbent.