FILM - Kneecap

KneecapDuration - 105 minutes,Director: Rich Peppiatt Cast: Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvai, Michael Fassbender, Jessica ReynoldsUK, Ireland, 2024, IFCO 16, BBFC 18When teacher JJ, is roped in to act as Liam Og Irish language interpreter during a Police interrogation, he happens upon Liam and childhood friend Naoise’s raw lyrical prose. JJ convinces both that they should set their words to music, and a hip-hop act like no other is born. Rapping in their native Irish, Kneecap become the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save their mother tongue.Musically daring, anarchic and fun, the trio dodge police harassment, paramilitaries, and their own chaotic lives to 'change the sound of Irish music forever.' A fiercely original sex, drugs, and hip-hop biopic, Kneecap play themselves, with Michael Fassbender in tow, producing a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.Festivals:Sundance Film Festival, 2024Tribeca Film Festival, 2024Sydney Film Festival, 2024Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2024AwardsAudience Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2024Quotes:★★★★ “Shot in much (ahem) orange streetlight, the film has the momentum of a hopped-up joyride.” – Donald Clarke, The Irish Times.   ”Where else would the memory of severe generation-spanning trauma produce humour of such calibre?” – Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter