As the Beast Sleeps
When the political leadership of the Ulster Defence Association bans paramilitary activity, the teams groomed for fighting face a drastic change in lifestyle.
- Harry Bradbeer
- 1h 15m
- February 3, 2002 · United Kingdom
Overview
Kyle is loyal to his wife, his best mate and his boss in the Ulster Defence Union – and they love him as a husband, a brother and a son – but, with changing times and the emerging peace process, Kyle finds himself lost in the shadows of transition, uncertainty, and betrayal. In a world turned upside down, peace and brutality walk side-by-side, while love and loyalty are sacrificed to the new order. "As the Beast Sleeps" is set in Belfast's Protestant Rathcoole housing estate and explores with an up-to-the-minute urgency, the fragmentation within an extended family of loyalists in the context of the current cease-fire.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 3, 2002
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC Northern Ireland
- Cast
- Alan McKee,David Hayman,Daniel McGrady,Stuart Graham,Gerard Jordan,Moya O'Hara,Colum Convey,Tom Magill,Tom Collins,Lalor Roddyand 8 more
- Director
- Harry Bradbeer
- Producer
- Robert Cooper,Anthony Rowe
- Cinematography
- Mark Garrett
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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