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Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott to star in Screen Ireland supported Bring Them Down

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Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott to star in Screen Ireland supported Bring Them Down

Posted: 23rd February 2023

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to support Chris Andrews' feature debut Bring Them Down, which was revealed today to star BAFTA-winner Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott in its main roles in an exclusive first look image. 

Principal photography has wrapped in Ireland on the production starring Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Catch-22, Poor Things) and BAFTA award winner Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin, The Killing of a Sacred Deer). The film also features Colm Meaney (Gangs of London, Star Trek), Nora-Jane Noone (Wildfire, Brooklyn) Paul Ready (Motherland, The Terror), and Susan Lynch (Happy Valley, Unforgotten).

Michael (Christopher Abbott), the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing father, Ray (Colm Meaney). Burdened by a terrible secret, Michael has isolated himself from the world. When a conflict with rival farmer Gary (Paul Ready) and his son Jack (Barry Keoghan) escalates, Michael is drawn into a devastating chain of events, forcing him to confront the horrors of his past and leaving both families permanently altered.

Bring Them Down marks the debut feature film from Screen Star of Tomorrow writer and director Chris Andrews, following his award-winning short films Stalker (2019) and Fire (2015). The film is a European co-production, produced by Ivana MacKinnon (Wild Swim, UK) Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde (Tailored Films, Ireland) Jacob Swan Hyam (UK), and Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts (Frakas Productions, Belgium). Bring Them Down is financed by MUBI in conjunction with Screen Ireland, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the UK Global Screen Fund - financed by the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and administered by the BFI.

Sales and distribution details for the film will be confirmed at a later date.

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MUBI’s other productions include Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, Michel Franco’s upcoming film Memory, Ekwa Msangi’s Sundance prize-winner Farewell Amor, Rachel Lang’s Our Men, and the recently announced My First Film, the feature film debut of Zia Anger starring Odessa Young.