LIE OF THE LAND

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

By John CARLIN

CAUSEWAY PICTURES - as PROD

First film - Completed 2023

In an electrifying thriller, the Wards engineer a daring escape from financial ruin. However, a shocking turn of events plunges them into a pulse-pounding fight for their lives, testing their every limit.

Festivals
& Awards

Galway 2023
Best Irish First Feature
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • First film, Action/Adventure, Thriller
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • John CARLIN
    • Writer(s)
    • Tara HEGARTY
    • Producer(s)
    • Chris PATTERSON (Causeway Pictures ), Margaret MCGOLDRICK (Causeway Pictures )
    • Synopsis
    • Mathew (Nigel O’Neill) and Kath (Ali White) are a middle-aged couple eking out a living on a small farm in Ballymena. Desperate and crippled with debt, they are seduced by a plan to leave everything behind and find a life away from their bleak memories and financial burdens. Shepherd (Barry John Kinsella) appears as an angel ready to usher them to their new paradise, though as suspicions arise about his motives, events take a dark turn. The winner of the Best Irish First Feature award at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, John Carlin’s exceptional debut sprinkles social commentary over thriller convention to produce a film that is tense, daring and original.