Described by Michael Dwyer in The Irish Times as "a psychological horror movie", Guiltrip focuses on the tensions between a young working-class couple. Andrew Connolly (Mad Dogs And Englishmen), plays Liam, an army corporal who returns home drunk to his wife Tina, played by Jasmine Russell (Widows Peak).

Liam's demands to know where she has been that day trigger a series of non-chronological flashbacks, told during a long, harrowing night of intimidation and recriminations.

Made for US$1 million, Guiltrip is TV and theatre director Gerard Stembridge's film debut. "There have been many films about physical marital violence," he explains. "I wanted Guiltrip to be about the kind of mental torture that many couples inflict on each other; the kind that is difficult for outsiders to see."

Shot exclusively in Ireland last year, the film is a beneficiary of Ireland's highly successful Section 35 tax-credit scheme.

With this government support and his share of the prize money from Ailsa, which won the Euskal Media Prize at San Sebastian last year, Temple Film's Ed Guiney set up a complex co-production with France's MC4 and La Sept Cinema, Spain's Euskal Media SA, and Italy's Fandango and Smile Production.

Guiney is producing Stembridge's next feature, The Gay Detective, a thriller set in Dublin's gay underworld that has support from the European Script Fund.

Adam Minns

Prod co: Temple Films

Prod: Ed Guiney

Dir/Scr: Gerard Stembridge

Ph: Eugene O'Conner

Ed: Mary Finlay

Prod des: David Wilson

Cast: Andrew Connolly, Jasmine Russell, Peter Hanly, Michelle Houlden

Running time: 89 mins

International sales: Intra Films

Screenings: 22 June, 22.00, Kveten; 25 June, 12.00, Blanik; 28 June, 17.30, KCP-Kongressovy

[Home ] [Content ] [The Sponsors ] [The Team ] [Comments ] [Help ]