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THE CINEMA

By David GLEESON

Drama - Development 2022

A beleaguered cinema owner battles to maintain order as he faces a vendetta, a drunken projectionist, a rat infestation, and a potential sale to a local politician, all while trying to deal with his teenage daughter and the usual chaos of a packed Friday night crowd.

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- IRELAND
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- David GLEESON
- Writer(s)
- David GLEESON
- Cast
- Johnny FLYNN
- Producer(s)
- Nathalie LICHTENTHAELER (WIDE EYE FILMS LTD), Judy TOSSELL (EGOLI TOSSELL PICTURES)
- Synopsis
- ... is a loving tribute to the cinema experience and a timely reminder of the power of community. Set in a cinema in 1980’s small town Ireland, ONE NIGHT ONLY is a breathless tale told IN REAL TIME over the course of a Friday night screening from hell.
  ... is based on writer/director David Gleeson’s own experience growing up in a cinema-owning family in Ireland’s south west where his father spent 78 years working in the business – the longest cinema career in Ireland if not the world.
- Partners & financing
- Creative Europe/Media Co-Development
  Screen Ireland
  Egoli Tossell Pictures
- Production schedule
- Delivery June 2025
- Beginning of shooting
- Oct 21, 2024
- End of shooting
- Nov 08, 2024