The trailer for the Clare Dunne and Bill Nighy-starring Irish road movie 500 Miles has been released ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival on Friday.
Directed by BAFTA winner Morgan Matthews (Atomic People, The Last Survivors) and written by Malcolm Campbell (Bad Sisters, Ackley Bridge, What Richard Did), 500 Miles is an adaptation of the Mark Lowery book Charlie and Me: 421 Miles from Home.
500 Miles is described as “a celebration of the human spirit”
The film is billed as “a poetic, life-affirming road movie and celebration of the human spirit that follows a broken family who are forced to come together when two young brothers run away from home”.
Bill Nighy with young co-stars Roman Griffin Davis (left) and Dexter Sol Ansell (front) in 500 Miles
“While their fighting parents (Clare Dunne and Michael Socha) tear their hair out with worry, runaways Finn (Roman Griffin Davis) and his live-wire younger brother Charlie (Dexter Sol Ansell) embark on an epic adventure from Yorkshire, over land and sea, to the wild west coast of Ireland,” the synopsis continues.
500 Miles will go on release in cinemas soon
“With the free-spirited busker Cáit (Maisie Williams) helping the young boys along the way”, the brothers are hoping to reunite with “their estranged, beloved grandfather (Bill Nighy), who their parents haven’t spoken to since the fateful events of the previous summer”.
Dublin company Port Pictures is among the producers of 500 Miles.
500 Miles will go on release in cinemas soon.
The Dublin International Film Festival continues until Sunday, 1 March.