Directed by:
Simon FitzmauriceScreenplay:
Simon FitzmauriceCinematography:
Seamus DeasyComposer:
Stephen McKeonCast:
Evanna Lynch, Martin McCann, Michael Smiley, George Webster, Deirdre Mullins, Peter Robbie, Stella McCusker, Declan Conlon, Dónall Ó Héalai, Ally Ni ChiarainVOD (1)
Plots(1)
"If you hide from death, you hide from life." Teenage Emily (Harry Potter's Evanna Lynch) inherits this mantra from her father Robert (Michael Smiley, also at this year's Festival in The Lobster), an author and philosopher of sorts, whose lectures and writings encourage others to live for the moment at the expense of social niceties. But following the tragic death of Emily's mother, Robert starts to change, and his visionary eccentricities now appear to be symptoms of mental illness. Robert is soon institutionalized, and Emily is sent away to live with foster parents and attend a school where everyone dismisses her as a weirdo - everyone, that is, except Arden (George Webster), an awkward but endearing classmate with family problems of his own.
When Emily suddenly decides to travel north to bust her father out of his psychiatric hospital, the hopelessly smitten Arden joins her on a renegade road trip that will give both youngsters their first taste of what it truly means to be alive.
(Toronto International Film Festival)
Cast
![Evanna Lynch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/176/166176110_6b5bda.jpg)
Evanna Lynch
Ireland
Best movies:
![Martin McCann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434745_dcbef8.jpg)
Martin McCann
UK
Best movies:
The Fall (2013) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
'71 (2014)
![Michael Smiley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886247_2fdbee.jpg)
Michael Smiley
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
![George Webster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/382/168382743_lcbpaz.jpg)
George Webster
UK
Best movies:
Megan Leavey (2017)
My Name Is Emily (2015)
The Last Dragonslayer (2016) (TV movie)
![Deirdre Mullins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/313/160313431_c3d281.jpg)
Deirdre Mullins
Best movies:
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
My Name Is Emily (2015)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Peter Robbie
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
My Name Is Emily (2015)
A Dangerous Fortune (2016) (TV movie)
Stella McCusker
Ireland
Best movies:
Arthur & Claire (2017)
My Name Is Emily (2015)
The Last Rifleman (2023)
Declan Conlon
Best movies:
Calvary (2014)
My Name Is Emily (2015)
Hereafter (2010)
Dónall Ó Héalai
Best movies:
My Name Is Emily (2015)
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
Traders (2015)
Ally Ni Chiarain
Best movies:
My Name Is Emily (2015)
Black '47 (2018)
Dating Amber (2020)