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Aontas

Three unlikely thieves, led by a woman on the verge, rob a credit union. The story opens in the aftermath of the heist and unravels backwards to reveal the events leading to this point.

Is fadscannán dorcha láidir Gaeilge é Aontas a osclaíonn i ndiaidh gadaíocht a chuaigh chun donais go tragóideach. Nuair a dhéanann triúr gadaí neamhghnách iarracht Comhar Creidmheasa a robáil, níl ann ach tús sa phraiseach a dhéantar as an robáil. Nochtann scéal eile, ag dul siar in am, na himeachtaí a thug chuig an chorr ciniúna iad.

Ag croí lár an scannáin, tá bean ar tí cliseadh néarach, a spreagann a gníomhartha meargánta an choir, agus a hiarmhairtí. Mar a bhogann an scéal siar in am, nochtann Aontas de réir a chéile íomhá de bhean fhíochmhar ceanndána atá sáinnithe ag a cuimhní féin, áit a mbuaileann stair phearsanta agus tráma brúite faoi chois in éadan éadóchas comhaimseartha.

Agus an géarchéim inacmhainneachta sa chúlra, is puzal scoilte é Aontas faoi ghníomhú, cuimhní agus meáchan saolta gan réiteach. Is scéinséir noir misniúil suntasach é i scannánaíocht chomhaimseartha na Gaeilge.

Aontas is a tense, darkly compelling Irish-language drama that opens in the aftermath of a robbery gone disastrously wrong. When three unlikely thieves attempt to hold up a rural Irish credit union, the botched heist is only the beginning. Another story, unravelling in reverse, starts to peel back the moments that led to catastrophe.

At the centre of the film is a woman on the verge of a breakdown, whose impulsive actions drive the crime and its consequences. As the narrative rewinds, Aontas gradually reveals a portrait of a fiercely wilful character trapped by her own past, where personal history and buried trauma collide with present-day desperation.

Set against the backdrop of the affordability crisis, Aontas is a fractured puzzle exploring agency, memory and the weight of unresolved lives - a bold and distinctive noir thriller in contemporary Irish-language cinema.

Stiúrtha ag/Directed by Damian McCann
Scríofa ag/Written by Sarah Gordon and Damian McCann

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Director Damian McCann
Writer Sarah Gordon
Writer Damian McCann

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