kings
directed by tom collins
starring colm meaney and donal o'kelly
drama
run time: 88 minutes

in the mid 1970s a group of young men left the west of ireland, bound for london, filled with ambition for a better life in a place where they could be kings. thirty years have passed when they meet again. their youngest friend, jackie has died. for some of them those thirty years have been hard. their muscle has been spent, their hopes dashed on the roads and building sites of britain, to be replaced with a sense of hopeless disaffection. as the truth about jackies death is uncovered, and long-held secrets are laid bare, the men discover that ultimately it is your friends who break your heart - and your friends who can save it...

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kings