

One pint, 13 minutes, two strangers bound by blood and a nation's future.
Saoirse flies home to Ireland to cast her vote to repeal the eighth amendment, while there, she meets her dad, who is firmly against the bill, for a quick pint.
Acting
O'Connor's restrained fury versus Dunlea's bluff tenderness.
Direction
Connolly-Burnham trusts silence like a weapon.
Writing
Every pint sip carries constitutional weight.

Director
Louisa Connolly-Burnham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2018 repeal of Ireland's Eighth Amendment followed decades of activism; this film compresses that national reckoning into one pub encounter.
Director Louisa Connolly-Burnham is also an actress; her performance background shapes the film's ruthless attention to micro-expressions.