Kneecap

Copan na Glùine

Stiùiriche: Rich Peppiatt 2024 Éire, Comadaidh/Dràma. BBFC:18,
Cànan: Gaeilge le fo-thiotalan Beurla, Uair is 45mion.

Tha Copan na Glùine suidhichte ann am Beal Feirste an 2019. Choinnich tidsear ciùil do-riaraichte JJ agus Naoise, a bha ag aideachadh gur e ‘salachar’ a bha ann, ri Liam Òg, agus d’atharrachadh fuaim ceòl Eireannach gu bràth. A leantainn air adhart “Fo ainm Copan na Glùine, tha an còmhlan-ciùil ag athartarachadh cumadh a’ chànain a freagairt am beatha ceannairceach.

Ged a tha còrr is dà fhichead facail sa chanan airson ‘clach’ , chan eil ach aon ann airson “stoned”. Ach, gus an tèid an guthan a chluinntinn, bu chòir an triùir faighinn seachad air poilis, leas- mailisidhean agus luchd-poiliteags mar a tha an àm ri teachd na Gaeilge a’ sprèadhadh dhan phoball – agus iadsan aig crìdhe. Ach, gu tric, ’s e na nàimhdean aca as miosa dhaibh fhèin a th’ anntasan, mar cuideaman teaghlaich agus dàimhean a’ bagairt an cuid aislingean agus na buannachdanmì-laghail aca a’ tarraing càinneadh bho gach taobh.

Buannaiche Duair Luchd-amharc aig Sundance 2024.

Kneecap

Dir: Rich Peppiatt 2024 Ireland Comedy/ Drama. BBFC:18, Language: Irish Gaelic with English subtitles, 1hr 45 min
Kneecap is set in West Belfast in 2019. Fate brings together disillusioned music teacher JJ with self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise and Liam Og, changing the sound of Irish music forever,” the description continues. “Under the name Kneecap, their band begins moulding the language to fit their tough, anarchic, hedonistic lives.

A language encumbered with forty words for stone now has one for stoned. But to get their voices heard the trio must overcome police, paramilitaries and politicians as the future of the Irish language erupts into the public arena - with them at the centre. Yet their worst enemies are often themselves, as family and 

relationship pressures threaten their dreams, and their illegal exploits draw condemnation from all sides

Winner of Audience Award at Sundance 2024.