Award-winning Irish film, MIDDLETOWN, to open at cinemas across UK on 2nd March
Ireland’s highly acclaimed feature film MIDDLETOWN, an explosive tale of love, loss and betrayal, will be released at cinemas across the UK on Friday 2nd March by Verve Pictures. Described by the Irish Times as “the best Irish film since Adam & Paul” and “beautifully constructed, strikingly shot Gothic thriller” by Event Guide, MIDDLETOWN’s star Eva Birthistle garnered a Best Actress award at the recent 2007 Irish Film & Television Awards.Set in Ireland, this atmospheric and explosive drama tells the tale of one cleric’s chilling determination to rid a rural town of its corruption and sin.
Preacher Gabriel (Matthew Macfadyen) returns home to Middletown and finds the towns inhabitants given over to vice and sin. Determined to save the souls of his flock, he sets about imposing a new order
However, Gabriel’s godly intentions mask a dark and malevolent heart with his damning sermons pitting neighbour against neighbour. Even Gabriel’s own family are not free from attack - his younger brother Jim (Daniel Mays) and wife (Eva Birthistle) are first to suffer Gabriel’s moral crusade as Gabriel cannot bring the town back to the true path unless he achieves that for his own kin.
MIDDLETOWN presents a haunting story of good versus evil. Has the preacher come to save them all from eternal damnation or condemn the parishioners to a life of hell?
Directed by BAFTA-nominated Brian Kirk, produced by award-winning Michael Casey and written by hot new talent Daragh Carville, Middletown stars a stunning ensemble of Ireland’s acting talent including Gerard McSorley, Mick Lally, David Wilmot, Frankie McCafferty, Bronagh Gallagher and Marie Jones. MIDDLETOWN was financed by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board and the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission.