Glassland

Somewhere in present-day Dublin, a young taxi driver named John spends his miserable time working night shifts and taking care of his mother, who is an alcoholic. As he tries to find money for a detox center for his mother, John will resort to actions he never thought he was capable of. This minimal, moving drama by the Irish filmmaker Gerard Barrett is an honest study of a malfunctioning (to say the least) parent-child relationship, and a portrait of the Irish working class and the impoverishment of people like John.

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Script: Gerard Barrett

Cinematography: Piers Mcgrail

Editing: Nathan Nugen

Sound: Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady

Actors: Jack Reynor (John), Will Poulter (Shane), Michael Smiley(Jim), Toni Collette (Jean)

Production: Element Pictures, Ireland

Producers: Ed Guiney, Juliette Bonass

Costumes: Leonie Prendergast

Production Design: Stephanie Clerkin

Format: DCP Color

Production Country: Ireland

Production Year: 2014

Duration: 89

Contact: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment, LondonT. +44 (0) 20 3397 4410info@kaleidoscopehomeentertainment.comwww.kaleidoscopehomeentertainment.com

Awards :
Best Film – Galway Film Fleadh 2015, Ireland
World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting –
Sundance IFF 2015, USA

Gerard Barrett

From County Kerry, where he studied Film and Television at Tralee IT, Gerard Barrett has written and directed short films for RTE and, most recently, The Valley of Knockature won numerous awards at the Kerry FF and Newport Welsh FF. Pilgrim Hill was his debut feature film and won him the Best New Irish Talent Award. The film also had its North American premiere at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival, where Barrett was selected as the next Great Expectation.