CHRISTY

Fri 11 July | 18:00 | Town Hall Theatre

2025 | Ireland, UK | 99’

Tá Christy, seacht mbliana déag d’aois, ag crosbhóthar. Caitheadh amach é as an teach altrama deas bruachbhailteach ina raibh sé agus tá sé tar éis bogadh isteach lena dheartháir níos sine, Shane, nach bhfaca sé le fada. Dar le Shane, socrú sealadach atá ann, ach tosaíonn Christy ag mothú go bhfuil sé ar a shuaimhneas i gceantar lucht oibre thaobh thuaidh Chorcaí. Agus sé ag déanamh cairde agus ag ligeann an phobail isteach ina shaol, athcheanglaíonn Christy, trí dhrochthionchar a mhuintire, le daoine a raibh aithne aige orthu tráth, in ainneoin iarrachtaí Shane é a choinneáil amach uathu. Tá Shane ag iarraidh saol níos fearr do Christy, is cuma cén costas – fiú más gá dó é a bhrú uaidh. Tar éis an oiread sin de bhlianta óna chéile, caithfidh na deartháireacha aghaidh a thabhairt ar a stair shuaite agus cinneadh a dhéanamh faoin todhchaí.

17-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. He’s been thrown out of his pleasant suburban foster home and moves in with his estranged older brother Shane. As far as Shane is concerned, this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork’s working-class north side. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his past through his seemingly more corrupting extended family, despite Shane’s efforts to steer him away from this crowd. Shane wants something better for Christy at any cost – even if it means he has to push him away. After so many years apart, the brothers need to reconcile their turbulent past, whilst deciding what the future looks like. Awarded the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

Post-show discussion will follow