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Kings is a 2007 Irish film written & directed by Tom Collins and based on Jimmy Murphy's play The Kings of the Kilburn High Road. The film is bilingual, having both Irish and English dialogue.
Jan 10, 2008 · Kings: Directed by Tom Collins. With Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Brendan Conroy, Donncha Crowley. A group of men reunite for a friend's funeral.
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- Drama
- Tom Collins
- 2008-01-10
Tragedy has struck Jackie the youngest, the brightest and the bravest. The gang does what has always been done - they gather together for a Wake, a final celebration, a cheer, to give Jackie Flavin a send off fit for a king, a king of the Kilburn High Road.
2007 1h 28m Drama List Reviews 65% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Friends (Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly) who emigrated to London years ago reunite for a comrade's wake.
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- Tom Collins
- Drama
- Colm Meaney
Sep 21, 2007 · Overview. In the mid 1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound for London and filled with ambition for a better life. After thirty years, they meet again at the funeral of their youngest friend, Jackie.
It's a stunner and could see Ireland short-listed in the Best Foreign Film category at this year's Oscars. The plot is simple and there is nothing new in it. Five friends, all immigrants from Ireland's Conemara, gather for the wake of a sixth killed by a train in the London Underground.
In the mid 1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound for London and filled with ambition for a better life. After thirty years, they meet again at the funeral of their youngest friend, Jackie. The film intersperses flashbacks of a lost youth in Ireland with the harsh realities of modern life.
