How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate (1998)
The film the Department of Education doesn't want you to see!
"How to cheat in the Leaving Certificate?", a question posed by thousands of students every year in Ireland. A group of pupils set up an elaborate master-plan to beat the system and top the points race.
- Date of release
- 1998-04-16
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Graham Jones
Casting
- Garret Baker — Fionn
- Mick Lally — Chief Examiner
- Joe Duffy — Exam Superintendent No.1
- Feargal Quinn — Fionn's Father
- Mary McEvoy — Charlie McDaid
- Chris De Burgh — Petrol Pumper
- Eamonn Lawlor — Study Advice Teacher
- Maureen Potter — Una's Mother
- Ali Coffey — Elli (as Alison Coffey)
- Corban Walker — Signmaker
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill — Irish Oral Examiner
- Joe McKinney — Exam Superintendent
Interesting facts
How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate is a 1997 independent Irish film directed by Graham Jones, in which six teenagers devise a plan to cheat in their Leaving Certificate final school examinations. The film was shot in black and white on Super 16mm and was later blown up to 35mm for theatrical distribution. Many well known Irish faces made cameo appearances in the film.
Production
The Irish Film Board helped fund the film, contributing £90,000 to its production. The film was shot in a six-week period.
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