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:
Conor MacSweeney
Jock Murphy
Mairead MacSweeney
Sergeant Healy
Billy Murphy
Jock's father
Farmer
Videos
'The Young Offenders' teaser trailer
September 15 2016
September 15 2016
Photos
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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