A washed-up rock star returns home after 20 years, reconnects with first girlfriend and discovers he has a grown-up son. Should he stay or should he go?
Tired of Dancing
A Coming of (Middle) Age Comedy
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A SHORT FILM ABOUT LOSS
An uptight American businessman brings the ashes of his parents back to Ireland. Using his mother's diary as a guide, he visits the places they met in the days when they fell in love.
Along the way, he meets local characters who do little to his help his fragile state of mind
and he starts to unravel.
Genre: Drama Running Time: 15:03
REMAINS
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NOTES ON REMAINS
CASTING A LEGEND
When I sent him the script I didn’t
expect him to say yes. Legendary
Irish actor Niall Tóibín came out of
retirement to play a scene opposite
his daughter, Muireann, in Remains.
His illustrious career spans 50 years
in film and television, including
Ryan's Daughter, Far and Away,
Bracken, The Ballroom of Romance,
The Irish RM and Ballykissangel. It
was a particular thrill to see him work
up close, breathing life into a character
who only existed on four pages.
NOTES on REMAINS
SCOUTING LOCATIONS
I had been scouting the locations
for years – I just didn’t realise it until I
started writing the script. Remains was
shot in Bray and Greystones, County
Wicklow, where I’ve lived for 20 years.
A hotel where I used to drink, a
cinema where I was sometimes the
only customer – landmark buildings
that have been in steady decline for a
decade, immune to the boom/bust
cycles of the Irish economy. I thought I
better cast them before they fall
down or get knocked down.
