THE YOUNG OFFENDERS to be released in September
Irish audiences will be having the craic when new Irish comedy The Young Offenders hits Irish cinemas from Friday September 16th.
Inspired by Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure of €440 million off the coast of Cork in 2007, The Young Offenders follows two Cork inner-city teenagers, Conor and Jock, as they embark on a 160km road trip on stolen bikes in the hopes of finding an unrecovered bale of coke.
The film which will have its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh next month is directed by first-time feature writer/director Peter Foott and introduces new talents Alex Murphy and Chris Walley. Well known stand-up comedian PJ Gallagher (Naked Camera) and Hilary Rose (Republic of Telly) also star in the comedy.
Foott is no stranger to comedy as he is an award-winning writer/director on the Republic of Telly who also directed The Rubber Bandits infamous 'Horse Outside' video.
The film was shot in some of the most iconic locations around Cork city and along the Wild Atlantic Way last summer.
The Young Offenders is in receipt of completion funding from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board.