I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (2026)

Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.

Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

Date of release
2026-12-04
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Clio Barnard

Casting

Interesting facts

I See Buildings Fall like Lightning is a 2026 drama film directed by Clio Barnard, written by Enda Walsh and based on the book of the same name by Keiran Goddard. It stars Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack and Lola Petticrew as five childhood friends who confront their unfulfilled dreams in the midst of the UK housing crisis.

Production

The novel by Keiran Goddard is adapted by Enda Walsh for the film directed by Clio Barnard. It has producer Tracy O’Riordan for Moonspun Films with funding from BBC Film and BFI and Curzon Film distributing. Goddard always thought the book had cinematic potential despite having long interior monologues.

Principal photography took place in the United Kingdom in April 2025, with locations including Birmingham. Cinematographer Simon Tindall shot the production in hybrid formats, 16mm film and digitally, marking his first collaboration with Barnard.

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