What in your own life has helped you connect with the story?
John Crowley: I moved to London when I was 27 to direct a play at the National Theatre. Having been back and forth from London since I was about ten, I knew London better than I knew Dublin.
How did the project begin?
David Petersen: So it began at a dog park, where all projects have to start!
The tone that you set from the very beginning lets the audience know that they’re going to see something that’s serious, but you’re not going to weigh them down with it, and I appreciate that so much about this film.
Rich Peppiatt: Yeah, that was something that was important to us, to make sure it was entertaining. And there’s been so many films about Belfast which can stray sometimes into a turgidly serious tone.
NEW YORK CITY. Rita, a mother and professional, works late one evening on a project. The teeming city out of her window and an ominous radio broadcast derails her focus and stirs fears she has for her son.