
A striking feature debut, Arracht (Monster) is set in the wild shores of Ireland’s barren west coast as the potato blight descends in 1845. Stripped back and fierce, it’s an intense small-scale Gaelic-language drama which plunges the viewer into the cold desperation of those times. Ireland 1845. As the famine tightens its grip, a fisherman is hunted for crimes he did not commit.
- Year2020
- Runtime86mins
- LanguageIrish
- CountryIreland
- Premiere14th January
- Rating15
- DirectorTom Sullivan
- CastDónall Ó Héalaí, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney
A striking feature debut, Arracht (Monster) is set in the wild shores of Ireland’s barren west coast as the potato blight descends in 1845. Stripped back and fierce, it’s an intense small-scale Gaelic-language drama which plunges the viewer into the cold desperation of those times. Ireland 1845. As the famine tightens its grip, a fisherman is hunted for crimes he did not commit.
- Year2020
- Runtime86mins
- LanguageIrish
- CountryIreland
- Premiere14th January
- Rating15
- DirectorTom Sullivan
- CastDónall Ó Héalaí, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney