ALL GOOD CHILDREN
by Alicia Duffy
synopsis
The story of Dara and Eoin, two young Irish children of 11 and 12, who have to go and live at their aunt’s house in France, following their mother’s suicide. Eoin soon tries to run away. Terrified at the idea of being abandoned, Dara seeks comfort from young English neighbour Bella. Between them a friendship forms, turning into a true obsession for Dara. Realising his feelings are not reciprocated, the boy retreats to the forest. Reality and dream merge and he soon sinks into madness.
international title: | All Good Children |
original title: | All Good Children |
country: | Ireland, France, Belgium |
sales agent: | Coach 14 |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Alicia Duffy |
cast: | David Wilmot, Jack Gleeson, David Brazil, Imogen Jones, Austin Moulton, Kate Duchene, Martin Firket, Thierry Waseige |
cinematography by: | Nanu Segal |
film editing: | Nicolas Chaudeurge |
art director: | Igor Gabriel |
costumes designer: | Lorna Marie Mugan |
producer: | Jonathan Cavendish, Tom Dercourt, Patrick Quinet |
production: | Element Pictures, Cinéma Defacto, Artémis Productions |
backing: | Eurimages, l’Irish Film Board, UK Film Council, Film Four, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique , Wallimage, CRRAV (région Nord-Pas de Calais), Canal + |
distributor: | Shellac Distribution, Cinéart, Element Pictures |