An unlikely friendship develops between the bipolar drummer of a rock band and an institutionalized teen suffering from Asperger's syndrome.
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Title: The Drummer and the Keeper (2017)
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10 wins & 7 nominations.
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| Dermot Murphy | ... | Gabriel | |
| Jacob McCarthy | ... | Christopher | |
| Peter Coonan | ... | Toss | |
| Charlie Kelly | ... | Pearse | |
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Adrian Hudson | ... | Eric |
| Jane Herbert | ... | Jamie | |
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Beibhinn Jones | ... | Jo |
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| Niamh Algar | ... | Ingrid | |
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Andrew Carroll | ... | Andrew |
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Phelim Drew | ... | Jeremy |
| Olwen Fouéré | ... | Doctor Assif (as Olwen Fouere) | |
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Tiny James | ... | Nurse |
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Dale Leadon Bolger | ... | Roly |
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Hannah Mamalis | ... | Ciara |
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Aoibhinn McGinnity | ... | Alice |
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Gabriel (DERMOT MURPHY) is a chaotic young rock drummer desperate to hide his recent Bipolar diagnosis from his increasingly exasperated band mates. At the therapeutic mixed ability football game he's obliged to attend as part of his treatment Gabriel is spectacularly upended by goalkeeper Christopher (JACOB McCARTHY), an institutionalised 17-year-old with Aspergers Syndrome. Having taken violent revenge, Gabriel faces expulsion - and the prospect of being sectioned - unless he "makes friends" with Christopher. When the isolated and socially-inept young goalkeeper takes this grudging offer of friendship literally, Gabriel finds his footsteps dogged and secrets threatened by an embarrassingly eager and dangerously tactless new disciple.
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8 September 2017 (Ireland) See more »Company Credits
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Eric: Sorry?
Roly: There won't be any Asperger's Syndrome anymore. We'll all just be autistic.
Eric: Says who?
Roly: The American Psychiatric Association.
Eric: It was just a label, Roly.
Roly: Yeah, but it was our label and they've abolished it.
Eric: It's the way of the world, I'm afraid.
Roly: Well, then the world isn't fair.
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Director Nick Kelly has experience of living in the world of rock music. He is a singer, guitarist and song writer himself and was a member of the rock band The Fat Lady Sings. See more »Quotes
Roly: They've abolished us.Eric: Sorry?
Roly: There won't be any Asperger's Syndrome anymore. We'll all just be autistic.
Eric: Says who?
Roly: The American Psychiatric Association.
Eric: It was just a label, Roly.
Roly: Yeah, but it was our label and they've abolished it.
Eric: It's the way of the world, I'm afraid.
Roly: Well, then the world isn't fair.
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What a beautiful, heart-warming, poignant and funny gem of a film. It is very clear that the filmmaker knows his subject well. This sincerity shines through the laughter and the tears.