All Good Children


1h 20m 2010

Brief Synopsis

Centers on Dara and Eoin, two young Irish children ages 11 and 12 who have to go and live at their aunt's house in France following their mother's suicide. Eoin soon tries to run away. Terrified at the idea of being abandoned, Dara seeks comfort from young English neighbor Bella. Between them a frie

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2010
Production Company
ArtTmis Production; Backup Films; Crrav; Element Pictures; Eurimages; Film4 Productions; Irish Film Board; StudioCanal; U.K. Film Council
Distribution Company
CinTart; Element Pictures

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m

Synopsis

Centers on Dara and Eoin, two young Irish children ages 11 and 12 who have to go and live at their aunt's house in France following their mother's suicide. Eoin soon tries to run away. Terrified at the idea of being abandoned, Dara seeks comfort from young English neighbor Bella. Between them a friendship forms, turning into a true obsession for Dara. Realizing his feelings are not reciprocated, the boy retreats to the forest. Reality and dream merge and he soon sinks into madness.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2010
Production Company
ArtTmis Production; Backup Films; Crrav; Element Pictures; Eurimages; Film4 Productions; Irish Film Board; StudioCanal; U.K. Film Council
Distribution Company
CinTart; Element Pictures

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 20m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2010

Based on the novel "The Republic of Trees" by Sam Taylor and published by Faber and Faber March 17, 2005.

Feature directorial debut for Alicia Duffy.

Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (New Directors Competition) October 7-21, 2010.)