Christopher Andrews receives the FIPRESCI Award 2024 for his feature film debut ›Bring Them Down‹. In its statement, the FIPRESCI jury praised the dramatic development, which resembles that of an ancient Greek tragedy, the relationships between the characters and their inner worlds, as well as the psychology of the non-linear narrative.
Bring Them Down
awarded with the FIPRESCI Award 2024
When a ramshackle bridge collapses, it shatters the peace between two neighboring farming families in Ireland, causing conflicts that have been simmering for decades to burst through the surface. Michael (Christopher Abbott, ›Poor Things‹) has been traumatized ever since a tragic car accident. His girlfriend at the time, Caroline, who still bears scars from the event, has married into the hated family next door. When, like a ghost from the past, Michael turns up on the farm with her son Jack (Barry Keoghan, ›Saltburn), she expects the worst. Overwhelmed by anger and despair, Michael and Jack slip into a spiral of violence and towards a perilous duel.
This gripping family story of blood, dirt, and soil, set in the stunningly photographed landscape of County Wicklow on the east coast of Ireland, doesn’t allow the viewer a moment of rest.
Director: Christopher Andrews
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium
2024 | 106 min. | English
Subtitles: German
Cast_ Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Colm Meaney , Nora-Jane Noone, Paul Ready Screenplay_ Christopher Andrews, Jonathan Hourigan Camera_ Nick Cooke Producer_ Ivana MacKinnon , Julianne Forde , Jacob Swan Hyam Rights_ Charades