Ballywalter

Drama | Other

Following the painful breakdown of his marriage, lost soul Shane nervously enrols in a stand-up comedy course. During repeated journeys to classes, he strikes up a friendship with unlicensed taxi driver Eileen, who is making ends meet behind the wheel of her ex-boyfriend's minicab. They inspire one another to clamber out of their respective ruts and look enthusiastically to the future. Drama starring Seana Kerslake and Patrick Kielty

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Our Review

by Brian Lloyd
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'Ballywalter' is a bittersweet comedy that mixes friendship and standup

Eileen (Seána Kerslake) is a university dropout, driving a taxi to make ends meet while she spends her nights drinking and partying. Shane (Patrick Kielty) hires Eileen to drive him and back forth from Belfast to attend a standup comedy course from the small, rural town of Ballywalter where he's exiled himself following the breakup of his marriage. Through their journeys together, both begin to recognise themselves in the other...

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