Hired to draw a map of tourist sites in a small Northern Ireland town, cartographer Richie Markey (Brian F. O'Byrne) uncovers a dark secret and realizes that his map may hold the key to the mysterious disappearance of another surveyor. The missing man had been accused of informing on two IRA soldiers, and when Markey discovers his body, it doesn't take long for him to draw the conclusion that he may be next on the group's list.
Acting
O'Byrne's anxious everyman trapped in moral quicksand.
Direction
Gogan makes boggy landscapes feel genuinely menacing.
Director
Johnny Gogan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the fragile peace process, the film captures rural Northern Ireland's lingering sectarian tensions that tourism brochures tried to erase.
Brian F. O'Byrne won a Tony the same year for 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' — this was his stealth film performance between stage triumphs.
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