| Description |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Film Movement series |
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Film Movement series.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen; Dolby surround 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0; all regions. |
| Cast |
Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Michael Smiley, and Toni Collette. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Piers McGrail ; film editor, Nathan Nugent. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. |
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Enhanced for widescreen TV (16x9). |
| Audience |
Not rated by the MPAA. |
| Summary |
John lives with his mother, Jean, in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager existence as a taxi driver. After finding his mother unconscious from yet another night of binge drinking, John learns that without treatment, she will not have much longer to live. Desperate to save their broken family, he offers his services to a petty criminal in order to pay for Jean's costly rehab treatment, but this decision runs the risk of changing their lives forever. |
| Note |
Bonus features: interview with director Gerard Barrett and stars Jack Reynor and Will Poulter. |
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Bonus short film: Aïssa (8 min.) / dir. Clément Tréhin-Lalanne. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Mothers and sons -- Drama.
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Taxicab drivers -- Drama.
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Human trafficking -- Drama.
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Alcoholism -- Drama.
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Dublin (Ireland) -- Drama.
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Alcoholism. (OCoLC)fst00804461
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Human trafficking. (OCoLC)fst01739818
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Mothers and sons. (OCoLC)fst01027007
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Taxicab drivers. (OCoLC)fst01144026
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Ireland -- Dublin.
(OCoLC)fst01205505
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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| Added Author |
Barrett, Gerard, 1987- film director, screenwriter.
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Lowe, Andrew, film producer.
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Guiney, Ed, film producer.
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Bonass, Juliette, film producer.
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Reynor, Jack, 1992- actor.
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Poulter, Will, actor.
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Smiley, Michael, 1963- actor.
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Collette, Toni, actor.
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Film Movement (Firm)
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Element Pictures Distribution (Firm)
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Nine Entertainment.
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Bord Scannán na hÉireann.
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| Added Title |
Aïssa.
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| Standard No. |
857692005598 |
| ISBN |
9781501915666 |
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1501915665 |
| Music No. |
DW0333 RB Media |
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