Complete credited cast: | |||
Brendan Gleeson | ... | Donnelly | |
Rúaidhrí Conroy | ... | Kid (as Ruaidhrí Conroy) | |
David Wilmot | ... | Man | |
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Aisling O'Sullivan | ... | Woman |
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Gary Lydon | ... | Chief Guard |
Domhnall Gleeson | ... | Cashier | |
David Murray | ... | Doctor | |
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Tadgh Conroy | ... | Young Kid |
David Pearse | ... | Short Man | |
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Ann McFarlane | ... | Donnelly's Wife |
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John Wallace | ... | Junior Garda |
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Richard Nisbet | ... | Garda |
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Mick Horan | ... | Kid's Dad |
At the hospital, a doctor gives Donnelly the bad news: his wife of many years has died. He visits her body, placing a photograph of their pet rabbit on her hands. Then, in the early morning light, he leaves and catches a train back home toward Dublin. He sits across from a young talkative man who seems to have a loose screw, making coarse observations, starting an argument with a couple in the next seats who are clearly tense with each other. Over the next few miles, Donnelly learns that all four have lost someone that night, and, in a strange turn of events, the kid bequeaths to Donnelly a gift that may ease his pain. There's a strange bond in grief. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I, like most, haven't seen this film as short films very rarely get shown in a medium accessible to everyone that's the case in England at least. But I happen to know, by browsing through www.play.com, that there is a Region 2 DVD release scheduled for this film on 30th April 2006, this date, as in most cases, is subject to change but I for one will certainly be buying a copy of this award wining short. I think that we as consumers should be putting more pressure 'on the powers that be' to release more interesting shorts such as this. For instance the Oscar nominated animated short The Sandman directed by the late Paul Berry or the very popular animation by Daniel Greaves, Flatworld and many other such classics which for some unknown reason never get released. I hope that this film lives up to expectation so its DVD release can be justified. And then maybe one day other great shorts will follow it on to DVD.