The Disappearance of Finbar

• Director: Sue Clayton
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• Genre: Comedy Drama
• Movie Type: Coming-of-Age, Road Movie
• Themes: Faltering Friendships, Missing Persons, Innocence Lost
• Release Year: 1996
• Country: SE/IE/UK
• Run Time: 102 minutes

Plot

With a nod towards the films of Aki Kaurismaki, this off-beat, whimsical directorial debut by British filmmaker Sue Clayton, centers on the mysterious disappearance of the titular Irish youth, who late one night, leapt from a freeway overpass and was never heard from again. Three years later, his family and his friend Danny still grieve. Matters are made worse when a pop song about Danny and the incident becomes a smash hit in Europe. Shortly after, Danny receives a phone call from Finbar who is in Scandinavia. Thus begins Danny's search for Finbar, a search that leads him to a tiny Lapland village located near the Finnish border. There he is taken in by an icy beauty named Abbi and soon begins to rebuild the life that was shattered by the disappearance of Finbar. When Finbar suddenly returns, problems arise. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Sean McGinley - Detective Roche; Lorraine Pilkington - Katie; Sean Lawlor - Michael Flynn; Luke Griffin - Danny Quinn; Eleanor Methven - Pat Flynn; Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Finbar Flynn; Fanny Risberg - Abbi

Credit

Ned McLoughlin - Art Director, Connor Devlin - Art Director, Bengt Froderberg - Art Director, Nuala Moiselle - Casting, David Collins - Co-producer, Soren Staermose - Co-producer, Marie Tierney - Costume Designer, Daniel Bergman - First Assistant Director, Guy Travers - First Assistant Director, Sue Clayton - Director, J. Patrick Duffner - Editor, Alan Strachan - Editor, Ole Sondberg - Executive Producer, Jonathan Olsberg - Executive Producer, Davy Spillane - Songwriter, Eduardo Serra - Cinematographer, Bertil Ohlsson - Producer, Martin Bruce-Clayton - Producer, Ron Bailey - Sound/Sound Designer, Dermot Bolger - Screenwriter, Sue Clayton - Screenwriter

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