‘The Good Man’ has been given a national release and is now being shown in the
Queens Film Theatre, Belfast. It will then be released on DVD and iTunes from May 12th in Ireland, the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The film opens in cinemas in South Africa later in the month.
‘The Good Man’ is a co-production between Ireland, the UK and South Africa. It is produced by Rebecca O’Flanagan (‘The Stag’) and Susan Picken, and executive produced by David Holmes, Phil Harrison (who also directed and wrote the film), and the duo behind ‘Good Vibrations’, Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn. The Manifesto Films production received funding from the Northern Ireland Screen Fund and from the Irish Film Board.
Michael (Aidan Gillen – ‘The Wire’, ‘Love/Hate) is a young Irish banker who has a loving wife (Kelly Campbell – ‘One Hundred Mornings’, ‘Sensation’), daughter and friends, as well as a promising career. However, his life begins to unravel when he causes a stranger’s death in a car accident. Sifiso (Thabang Sidloyi) is a bright teenager living in a settlement in Cape Town. Hoping for a place at university and a better future, he is drawn deeper into the harsh struggles of his township’s life.
Both are joined by the question of what it means to be a good man. Then, when their stories collide unexpectedly, their impact on one another’s lives is greater and more surprising than either could have imagined.
The film has so far screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, the Africa in Motion Film Festival in Edinburgh, the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in Germany, the Chicago Irish Film Festival and in Boston as part of the Belmont World Film Series, among other festivals.
‘The Good Man’ is the debut feature of writer-director Phil Harrison, who was also behind the award-winning short ‘Even Gods’. Cinematography was by Angus Mitchell and Roy Zetisky, and editing was by Helen Sheridan and Paul Speirs. John Griffin, Martin Harrison and Richie Naughton were on sound.
See a trailer for the film here:
The Good Man trailer from Manifesto Films on Vimeo.
