Fresh from his recent IFTA award-winning success for his turn in Killing Of A Sacred Dear, Barry Keoghan joins the equally impressive Niamh Algar and Cosmo Jarvis are starring in the debut thriller from director Nick Rowland, Calm With Horses.
Shooting primarily in Galway, it’s a joint venture between Film4 and DMC Film, the production company co-owned by Michael Fassbender.
“In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Arm has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack,” we’re told. “Torn between these two families, Arm is asked to kill for the first time, and his attempt to do the right thing endangers everyone he holds dear.”
It’s based on a novella that appears in Young Skins, Mayo writer Colin Barrett’s acclaimed 2013 collection of short stories.
With soundtrack duties being taken care of by David Holmes, it sounds like another Irish winner.