Nick Rowland's debut feature, Calm With Horses [+lire aussi :
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The drama, currently in post-production, is an adaptation of a novella from the acclaimed collection of short stories Young Skins by Irish writer Colin Barrett, published in 2013. Set in the gloomy Irish countryside, the story revolves around ex-boxer Douglas Armstrong, nicknamed “Arm” and a feared enforcer of the drug-dealing Devers family. In spite of his life of crime, Arm tries to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, the man's loyalty will be truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time. Confirmed lead actors are Barry Keoghan (Black '47 [+lire aussi :
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Calm With Horses was developed by British firms Film4 and DMC Film with financial support granted by Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Ireland and the Galway Film Centre's Western Region Audiovisual Producers Fund. In particular, the project was able to benefit from the support of the latter two bodies thanks to the main co-production partner, Dublin-based Element Pictures. Its production team includes Daniel Emmerson, Michael Fassbender and Conor McCaughan for DMC Film, Sam Lavender and Daniel Battsek for Film4, and Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Kate Glover and Rory Gilmartin for Element Pictures.

British company Altitude acquired international sales rights back in April and will distribute the film in the United Kingdom and Ireland in partnership with Element Pictures later this year.