Arracht (2021)
As a country starves, survival is everything.
Colmán Sharkey - a fisherman, a father, a husband - takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier arrives just ahead of ‘the blight,’ a crop disease that caused the Great Plague, killing and displacing millions of Irishmen.
- Date of release
- 2021-10-15
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
Casting
- Dónall Ó Héalai — Coleman Sharkey
- Saise Quinn — Kitty
- Dara Devaney — Patsy
- Eoin O'Dubhghaill — Seán
- Dudura O'Gionnáin — Dónal
- Michael O'Chonfhlaola — PJ
- Siobhán O'Kelly — Áine
- Eimear Ní Mháille — Mary
- Seán T. Ó Meallaigh — Séamus
- Conal O'Céidigh — Dan
- Michael McElhatton — Lieutenant
- Elaine O'Dwyer — Margaret
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Arracht is a 2019 Irish-language period drama film directed and written by Tomás Ó Súilleabháin set during the Great Famine of Ireland. It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Production
Location filming took place in Lettermullan, County Galway. Produced by Dublin-based television and film production company Macalla Teoranta, Arracht was financially backed by Screen Ireland, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and TG4. Executive producers Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell of Fantastic Films.
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