A teaser trailer has been released for the much-anticipated film, which will have its world premiere this week.
New Irish movie King Frankie will have its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) this week and promises to be the “Celtic Tiger tale you have not seen”.
Peter Coonan (Love/Hate, Bad Sisters) plays Frankie Burke, the lead character in the “redemption story”.
“Following the death of his father, the past catches up with our hero taxi driver and he is sent on a trip down memory lane, to when he was the fast talking, fast spending King, who ruined everything on the worst day of his life,” the plot synopsis reads.
Ahead of the DIFF premiere, Coonan came into JOE’s offices with writer-director Dermot Malone to discuss the movie.
You can watch that conversation right here:
Shot on a micro budget in north Dublin and Kells in Meath, King Frankie is the first step into Ireland’s thriving film industry for the team at Irish production company Banjoman.
A debut movie for writer-director Malone, producer Matt D’Arcy, the editor, the composer and many of King Frankie’s cast, Banjoman say they are hoping to “join the wave of Irish film success and spend the coming decades writing their own chapter in an already illustrious book”.
“The origins of the film are fascinating and very real. Dermot Malone’s King Frankie captures a moment in time in Irish history when many fell into financial distress,” the award-winning production company also notes.
“It charts the life of a man who wanted to chase the dragon of monetary success, but who flew too close to the sun and got burned.
“This is a story based on lived experience. A story of pain, grief and loss, but also of redemption, change and hope.”
Peter Coonan in King Frankie
Also featuring amongst its cast Ruairi O’Connor (The Conjuring 3, The Morning Show) and rapper Rejjie Snow in his acting debut, King Frankie will screen twice at DIFF.
While the first showing on Saturday, 24 February at 7pm in the Light House is already sold out, there are still tickets available for the second showing on Tuesday, 27 February at 7pm in the same cinema.
To purchase tickets for this screening, visit the DIFF website right here. You can also check out the teaser trailer for King Frankie right here:
You can also read about nine other must-see movies playing at the festival at this link.
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