{"id":590924,"date":"2026-08-12T11:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/590924\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:36:13","slug":"caitriona-balfe-stars-in-colm-toibin-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/590924\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitr\u00edona Balfe stars in Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caitr\u00edona Balfe stars in the big-screen adaptation of the Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn short story A Long Winter, with director Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers, 45 Years) behind the lens. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fred Hechinger as Mike in A Long Winter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0024d346-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nThe film is &#8220;set in the mountains as autumn draws to a close and a family prepares for the long winter ahead&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Outlander star Balfe, the cast of A Long Winter also includes Fred Hechinger (Thelma, Gladiator II), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear, The Fantastic Four: First Steps), Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Warfare), and D&#8217;Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Warfare, Reservation Dogs).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fred Hechinger as Mike and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Lester in A Long Winter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0024d342-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n(L-R) Fred Hechinger as Mike and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Lester in A Long Winter<\/p>\n<p>The story is &#8220;set in the mountains as autumn draws to a close and a family prepares for the long winter ahead&#8221;, and director Haigh has adapted T\u00f3ib\u00edn&#8217;s short story for the screen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fred Hechinger as Mike in A Long Winter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0024d341-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nA Long Winter will premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival<\/p>\n<p>Filmed on location in Alberta, Canada, A Long Winter will premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andrew Haigh attends the Venezia 81 Jury photocall during the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 28 August, 2024 in Venice. (Photo by Stefania D'Alessandro\/WireImage)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0024d355-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nDirector Andrew Haigh has adapted Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn&#8217;s short story for the screen<\/p>\n<p>Its release date in Irish cinemas is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more movie news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitr\u00edona Balfe stars in the big-screen adaptation of the Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn short story A Long Winter, with director&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-590924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}