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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema2026

★6.792 minDrama

Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema (Breathless, starring Richard Gere).

Director

Writer

Score

Perrine Virgile

Stars

Colin Morgan Calam Lynch Clara Crichton

Cast111

Colin Morgan
as Earl Clancy
Calam Lynch
as Gerald Clancy
C
Clara Crichton
as Kate Clancy
India Mullen
as Layla
Niamh Cusack
as Mrs. Healy
Stanley Townsend
as Harry Conway
Elaine O'Dwyer
as Alma
D
Daniel Woodage
as Vincent
L
Liam O'Brien
as Dickie Wall
Ryan Burke
as Joe Gorman
C
Cos Egan
as Jack
Andrew Bennett
as Sgt. Walsh
T
Tracey Collopy
as Tank
Aidan Crowe
as Gus
S
Sean Shinners
as Goose Guy
O
Ollie Ryan
as Old Man (Jelly)
S
Samual Duggan
as Fighting Teen #1
J
Jonty Ross
as Fighting Teen #2
Mikey Casey
as Cocky Stoner (as Michael Casey)
S
Stuart Mackey
as Poster Thief
Lonan Ross
as Rowdy Teen 2
M
Michael O’Dwyer
as Rowdy Teen 3
G
Gavin McGrath
as Rowdy Teen 4
J
John O’Sullivan
as Extra
Ava Ross
as Teen girl (uncredited)
K
Keeley Hartigan
as Teen girl (uncredited)
C
Ciara Hennessy
as Teenage girl (uncredited)
Alex O’Brien
as Guy (uncredited)
Mary T Lynch
as Woman (uncredited)
Glenn Keating
as Chip Buyer (uncredited)
M
Matthew Hogan
as Extra (uncredited)
P
Pete Moles
as Cinema Goer (uncredited)
C
Christopher Garvy
as Extra
S
Sorcha Real
as Cinema Patron
J
Joseph Coleman
as Elderly Cinema Patron (as Joe Coleman)
B
Ben Kirkland
as Arrested Teen
Shane Davis
as Stoner
J
Jennie Kiely
as 80’s Lady
C
Ciara Dan McGinnis
as Cinema Patron
J
John A. Rickard
as 80’s Man (Credit Only)
N
Noelle Tedford
as 80’s Woman
T
Tom Sheehan
as Extra (uncredited)
J
Janet Grene
as Cinema Patron
Cillian Conway
as Extra (uncredited)
L
Leah Crawford
as Cinema Goer (uncredited)
I
Ian Dillon
as Chip Van Owner
Dean Panter
as Mr. Healy
K
Kayleigh Alfred
as Cinema Extra
Kenneth Barry
as Cinema Goer (uncredited)
I
Ilir Tobin
as Mickey (Rowdy Teen 1)
A
Alan Johnson
as Cinema Goer (uncredited)
A
Alison Johnson
as Cinema Goer (uncredited)
E
Elaine Stokes
as Cinema Goer (uncredited)
J
John Mooney
as Cinema Goer
A
Anne McCarthy
as Cinema Goer
T
Tom Muldowney
as Cinema Goer
F
Fionn O’Sullivan McCarthy
as Cinema Goer
P
Peter McCarthy
as Cinema Goer
D
David Hayes
as Cinema Goer
D
Don Hayes
as Cinema Goer
J
Jonathan Hayes
as Cinema Goer
C
Ciaran Martin
as Cinema Goer
I
Ivor McMahon
as Cinema Goer
C
Conor Dunphy
as Cinema Goer
D
Dylan Emwanta
as Cinema Goer
J
Jacqui Fitzmaurice
as Cinema Goer
R
Rian Fitzpatrick
as Cinema Goer
G
Ger Meehan
as Cinema Goer
L
Lawrence Meehan
as Cinema Goer
G
Glenn Gall
as Cinema Goer
G
Gerarldine Galvin
as Cinema Goer
L
Laura Duhan
as Cinema Goer
M
Mary Gleeson
as Cinema Goer
J
John Griffin
as Cinema Goer
O
Oliver Hanley
as Cinema Goer
D
Deirdre Harrington
as Cinema Goer
C
Chloe Hennigan
as Cinema Goer
M
Mike Hourigan
as Cinema Goer
N
Noel Madigan
as Cinema Goer
P
Patricia Mathiasz
as Cinema Goer
M
Majella McCarthy
as Cinema Goer
A
Ailish McDermott
as Cinema Goer
C
Callum McGeary
as Cinema Goer
T
Tara McGill
as Cinema Goer
A
Annie McInerney
as Cinema Goer
E
Evelyn McNamara
as Cinema Goer
J
Jasper Meurer
as Cinema Goer
A
Alexandre Miranda
as Cinema Goer
K
Kaif Nadaf
as Cinema Goer
A
Aniara Tawfiq
as Cinema Goer
A
Aoife Nix
as Cinema Goer
S
Stephanie Tobin
as Cinema Goer
Y
Yasna Tofail
as Cinema Goer
B
Brian Tuite
as Cinema Goer
A
Anita Twomey
as Cinema Goer
A
Anita Wiatr-Noireaud
as Cinema Goer
A
Ann Twomey
as Cinema Goer
J
Jacinta Sweeney
as Cinema Goer
H
Henriette McCarthy
as Cinema Goer
C
Claire O’Riordan
as Cinema Goer
S
Shawn Dalton
as Choir Singer
C
Camilla Dalton
as Choir Singer
J
Julie Hurley
as Choir Singer
D
Darragh Curtain
as Choir Singer
V
Veronica Henn
as Choir Singer
L
Lillian Jordan
as Choir Singer
G
Gràinne Cooney
as Choir Singer
C
Catriona Kiely
as Choir Singer
D
Deirdre Condon
as Choir Singer
S
Stefan Kaiser
as Choir Singer
T
Tony Walsh
as Bar Extra

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