Stars: Michael Parle, Aidan O’Sullivan, Nigel Brennan, Bobby Calloway, Rebecca Rose Flynn | Written and Directed by Gerard Lough
If you are looking for something a little different and are happy to entertain the smaller-budget independent films on offer, then I may have something a little different for you in the shape of Irish globetrotting lo-fi noir thriller Spears.
Director Gerard Lough brings us a tale of betrayal and treachery starting from the Irish shores and spanning all the way to Florence. A tightly woven story told through three separate, seemingly unconnected, characters. A movie that at times shows flourishes of undeniable quality where every penny of this shoestring budget is on screen. Although sometimes forgetting there is untapped unfiltered beauty in the gritty washed-out moments of rural real life… But we will get to that bit.
Kian is a private investigator who makes questionable life choices but seemingly has a good heart.
If you are looking for something a little different and are happy to entertain the smaller-budget independent films on offer, then I may have something a little different for you in the shape of Irish globetrotting lo-fi noir thriller Spears.
Director Gerard Lough brings us a tale of betrayal and treachery starting from the Irish shores and spanning all the way to Florence. A tightly woven story told through three separate, seemingly unconnected, characters. A movie that at times shows flourishes of undeniable quality where every penny of this shoestring budget is on screen. Although sometimes forgetting there is untapped unfiltered beauty in the gritty washed-out moments of rural real life… But we will get to that bit.
Kian is a private investigator who makes questionable life choices but seemingly has a good heart.
- 5/3/2023
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Spears is an Irish thriller and the second feature film from director Gerard Lough – the man behind 2015’s critically acclaimed horror Night People. Shot in four different countries, this ambitious independent production will have a much larger scope than his first feature. With its moody atmosphere and pervading sense of paranoia, the film will be very much be rooted in the Neo-Noir style and explore topical themes both political and technological.
Aidan O’Sullivan, Bobby Calloway and Nigel Brennan head up an international cast that also includes Michael Parle, Yalda Shahidi, Rebecca Rose Flynn and Thomas Sharkey.
The complex plot begins when Private Investigator Kian (Brennan) is sent to Florence, Italy to find a woman (Shahidi) who mysteriously disappeared there. Meanwhile in London, a Dissident Republican (O’Sullivan) does an arm’s deal with a new seller he does not trust. In Berlin, a scam artist (Calloway) spends a weekend...
Aidan O’Sullivan, Bobby Calloway and Nigel Brennan head up an international cast that also includes Michael Parle, Yalda Shahidi, Rebecca Rose Flynn and Thomas Sharkey.
The complex plot begins when Private Investigator Kian (Brennan) is sent to Florence, Italy to find a woman (Shahidi) who mysteriously disappeared there. Meanwhile in London, a Dissident Republican (O’Sullivan) does an arm’s deal with a new seller he does not trust. In Berlin, a scam artist (Calloway) spends a weekend...
- 12/15/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Rogue Frame Films has released the first trailer for Spears, an Irish thriller from Irish filmmaker Gerard Lough. Shot in four different countries, this ambitious indie project has a much larger scope than his first feature, 2015's critically acclaimed horror Night People. With its moody atmosphere and pervading sense of paranoia, the film is "very much be rooted in the Neo-Noir style and explore topical themes both political and technological." A Private Investigator is sent to Florence, Italy to find a woman who vanished there. He soon finds himself tangled in a web of obsession and revenge. The story continues in London, and eventually converges in Ireland. The indie film also highlights some of the best new Irish and British electronica with music from artists such as Shaefri, Sleep Thieves, Le Groupe Fantastique, plus the song "Is This Ready?" by Sleep Thieves can be heard in this trailer. The film stars Aidan O'Sullivan,...
- 11/16/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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