Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan
Writers: Antoine O. Flatharta, Michael Doorley (novel)
Stars: Martin Sheen, Stephen Rea, Trystan Gravelle
Distributor: Tribeca Film
Stars: Martin Sheen, Stephen Rea, Trystan Gravelle
Distributor: Tribeca Film
Martin Sheen came on board to play a priest in rural 1950s Ireland in this film that its director Thaddeus O’Sullivan readily conceded “wasn’t attractive to investors.” The film typifies village life in the country at a time when attitudes moved very slowly away from entrenched traditionalism, which O’Sullivan said attracted him to the project. “We shot in a village very close to where Martin Sheen’s mother was born. He’s very attached to Ireland and he heard about this story and called the producer,” said Sullivan. “His connection with Ireland is quite well-known there.” O’Sullivan worked with the writers on many drafts of the film before they headed to investors, which delayed the start of shooting. “There were many drafts. We had a challenge finding a shape to the story. He writes great characters, but there was a long process to get the shape and I didn’t want to turn to the financing until this happened.”
O’Sullivan liked the conflict between church and state. But originally slated for a summer shoot, the project had to face an unusually harsh winter. “The film was delayed and we had to shoot in one of Ireland ’s worst winters in history,” he said. All of our equipment and sets we wanted were wiped out. We had to get diggers in” to clear the snow “and this is hard in Ireland when they’re not used to that. This was December 2010.” The film became available via VOD on Wednesday and will open at the Quad in New York Friday with additional markets later.
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