

Title: The Young Offenders
Original Title: The Young Offenders
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: Ireland
- Language: English
- Length: 83 Minutes (1 hour 23 min)
- Genre: Adventure Comedy Crime
- Studios: Irish Film Board
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: January 13 2017
Plot
It tells the story of Conor and Jock, two Irish teenagers who are friends since they were children and they live and adventure together like in a road movie. Both they behave the same way y the each other influence. Jock is a regular bicycle thief being chased by Sergeant Healy almost every day. In the summer of 2007 the two friends stole a couple of bikes and walked 160 kilometers while police searched them. Friends do all this to find a bale of cocaine that a major drug trafficker had lost. The bundle is valued at 7 million pounds and they see in it the opportunity to leave the neighborhood in which they live. Film based on a true story, the largest police seizure of drug in Irish history.
Cast
Director:
Videos

'The Young Offenders' teaser trailer
September 15 2016

September 15 2016
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Trivia
Inspired in real facts
Inspired by Ireland?s biggest cocaine seizure of ?440m off the coast of western Cork in 2007.
Debut
The first time feature writer/director Peter Foott.
Locations
The film was shot in some of the most iconic locations around Cork city and along the Wild Atlantic Way.
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