Larry and Sophie are in love. They bribe the feckless Tom to book them into a hotel for an afternoon’s tryst and look forward to getting to know each other, like countless couples before them.
But Larry and Sophie aren’t any couple; they both have intellectual disabilities and Tom is their care worker. By attempting to be intimate, they aren’t just breaking the rules – they’re breaking the law.
While Larry and Sophie try to figure out their feelings, their future and how to use a condom, their friends from the training centre escape the not so watchful eye of Tom and go on a joyful rampage through Galway. But circumstances will ultimately bring them all back to the hotel hideaway, where they will have to confront the high price that Larry and Sophie may have to pay for love.
Critics award - Audi Dublin International Film Festival - 2017
Jury - Best Director - Newport Beach International Film Festival 2017
Festivals to Date:
Bentonville International Film Festival 2017
Reelabilities - New York 2017
Reelabilities – Toronto 2017
Chicago Irish Film Festival 2017
Luxembourg British and Irish Film Festival 2017
Perth International Film Festival 2017
Irish Film Festival Sydney
Irish Film Festival Melbourne
Irish Film Festa Roma
Irish Film Festival Boston
Coming Up:
Cameraimage Poland (Nov 2017)
Breaking Barriers Film Festival Moscow (October 2017 Date TBC)
Oska Bright Film Festival Brighton (November 2017 Date TBC)
Pacific Rim Conference on Disability Hawaii (Date TBC)
Directed by:
Len Collin
Writing credits:
Christian O'Reilly
Cast:
Cast in order of appearance
Larry - Kieran Coppinger
Larry’s Mum - Eileen Gibbons
Sophie - Charlene Kelly
Eileen - Caroline Grace Cassidy
Rita - Jennifer Cox
Daragh - Richard Hickey
Tom - Robert Doherty
Andrew - Patrick Becker
William - Frank Butcher
Matthew - Paul Connelly
Alice - Valerie Egan
Peter - Michael Hayes
Sandy - Emer Macken
Patricia Kelly - Orla McGovern
Sean – Burger Bar - Christian O’Reilly
Jim the Bus Driver - Steven Monaghan
Danny the Popcorn - Christopher Dunne
Theresa - Tara Breathnach
Clare - Karen Murphy
Man in Toilet - Howard Gibbins
Bar Man - Brian Durcan
Joseph Stephen Marcus
Iseult - Amy-Joyce Hastings
Garda - Garrett Phillips
Larry and Sophie are in love. They bribe the feckless Tom to book them into a hotel for an afternoon’s tryst and look forward to getting to know each other, like countless couples before them.
But Larry and Sophie aren’t any couple; they both have intellectual disabilities and Tom is their care worker. By attempting to be intimate, they aren’t just breaking the rules – they’re breaking the law.
While Larry and Sophie try to figure out their feelings, their future and how to use a condom, their friends from the training centre escape the not so watchful eye of Tom and go on a joyful rampage through Galway. But circumstances will ultimately bring them all back to the hotel hideaway, where they will have to confront the high price that Larry and Sophie may have to pay for love.
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Awards
Best 1st Feature - Galway Film Fleadh 2016
Critics award - Audi Dublin International Film Festival - 2017
Jury - Best Director - Newport Beach International Film Festival 2017
Festivals to Date:
Bentonville International Film Festival 2017
Reelabilities - New York 2017
Reelabilities – Toronto 2017
Chicago Irish Film Festival 2017
Luxembourg British and Irish Film Festival 2017
Perth International Film Festival 2017
Irish Film Festival Sydney
Irish Film Festival Melbourne
Irish Film Festa Roma
Irish Film Festival Boston
Coming Up:
Cameraimage Poland (Nov 2017)
Breaking Barriers Film Festival Moscow (October 2017 Date TBC)
Oska Bright Film Festival Brighton (November 2017 Date TBC)
Pacific Rim Conference on Disability Hawaii (Date TBC)
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