Mark O’ Connor just drop me a mail with the good news that new Irish film ´Stalker´ will open in cinemas February 26th. The movie has a number of awards under it belt including the Underground Film Festival 2013, 2nd prize at the Galway Film Festival 2012 and has been selected for film festivals in North America.
The trailer which is below is absolutely and utterly refreshing from an Irish indie movie point of view. The amount of indie Irish flicks that attempt to cut a trailer together and end up with a long, meandering and pointless mess is unbelievable. But, to its credit, Stalker delivers a fantastic trailer. Punchy and intriguing. Basically, it does the job that a trailer should do! And that’s get your bum on a cinema seat!
This is an Irish psychological thriller and stars John Connors (King of The Travellers), Barry Keoghan (Stay, Between the Canals, 71) and Peter Coonan (Love Hate), with singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey providing music for the film.
The film follows Oliver Nolan, a volatile homeless man, who wanders the streets of Dublin City during the Christmas period. After an unusual encounter with an evangelist, Oliver believes he is sent on a mission from God to clean up society. When he saves a disaffected young boy named Tommy from some local bullies an unlikely friendship is formed. Oliver soon learns that Tommy’s mother is a heroin addict and his uncle Rudyard is a local drug dealer, and takes it upon himself to get even with Rudyard and his gang of roguish criminals for taking advantage of his only friend, Tommy.
Released: February 26th
