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Director
Terry Loane
Credits
Producers: Mike McGeagh, Mark Huffam. Writers: Terry Loane, Owen McCafferty
Principal Cast
Niall Wright, John Joe McNeill, Julie Walters, Ciarán Hinds, Adrian Dunbar
Category
FeatureFamily & Teen
Religious divisions in Northern Ireland form the backdrop for this rollicking family adventure from director Terry Loane. Shy young Protestant boy Jonjo (Niall Wright) accidently crosses his community’s sectarian borders when he befriends the energetic, wild, and – crucially – Catholic child Mickybo (John Joe McNeill). The pair discover a shared love for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and quickly set out to imitate their heroes’ conquests, running away from home as they scrap with other children, pretend to rob banks, and evade the police officers trying to bring them home. Even as this friendship blossoms the question of their differing religions casts a shadow and endangers everything. Adapted from a play by Owen McCafferty, Mickybo and Me is a film that manages to provide a wonderful combination of childhood exuberance and social history.
Age: 15
95 minutes, Ireland/UK, 2004, Colour
A PRIVATE LIFE 11.00, 18.00
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: CONCRETE PROOF (DOUBLE BILL) 11.50
DISCLOSURE DAY 13.10
EAFFI DISCOVERIES: JET LAG IN SUMMER + Q&A 18.20
OBSESSION 11.20
ODYSSEYS: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD 16.00
ROSEBUSH PRUNING 15.50, 20.30
THE INVITE 13.40, 18.15, 20.45
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD 16.10, 20.55
THE LAST VIKING 13.20
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council