Synopse
They love ketamine and hate the Queen: the Belfast band Kneecap raps in Gaelic and is an important voice of Catholic youth culture in Northern Ireland. The film tells their almost true story – rough, cheeky and full of anarchic humour. 80,000 people in Ireland speak Gaelic. Three of them formed the rap band Kneecap in 2017. Their rhymes are anti-Loyalist and invoke their Irish identity. Their music is boycotted by radio stations and idolized by their fans. A life spent between parties and politics. Then one day the three chaos merchants accidentally become figureheads for their Irish cultural legacy.
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RICH PEPPIATT (*1984 in UK) is a writer and director and in 2014 gave his full-length debut with the mockumentary One Rogue Reporter. Kneecap premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Prize.
Info
Original Title: Kneecap
International Title: Kneecap
Category: Feature
Section: Kaleidoscope
Version & Subtitles: Irish, English OV with German subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Rich Peppiatt
Cast/Protagonists: Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Josie Walker, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best, Simone Kirby, Michael Fassbender
Production country: Ireland, United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Year of Production: 2024
Length: 105 min
Producer: Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
Production company: Fine Point Films
Music: Michael 'Mikey J' Asante
Costume Design: Zjena Glamocanin
Casting: Carla Stronge
co-production company: Wild Card
World Sales: Léonard Altmann, Charades
Distributor: Gejlan Eminoski, Atlas Film GmbH
