Indie Rights has swooped on worldwide distribution rights for the Irish drama A Bend in the River, directed by bestselling author Colin Broderick (Church’s End, Orangutan, That’s That).
Starring Madison Square-winning boxer-turned-actor John Duddy (Emerald City), IFTA-nominated Kathy Kiera Clarke (Derry Girls) and John Connors (Cardboard Gangsters), the semi-autobiographical story follows struggling writer Matt Donnelly (Duddy), who returns from New York to Northern Ireland for the first time in 25 years.
Matt faces the ghosts of his past (Clarke); an abusive teacher, his dead mother, and his childhood best friend, who sacrificed an easier life to stay at home and fight during The Troubles.
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