{"id":263977,"date":"2026-02-02T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/263977\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:42:10","slug":"clio-barnards-i-see-buildings-fall-like-lightning-gets-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/263977\/","title":{"rendered":"Clio Barnard’s I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Gets First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cI See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,\u201d the next feature from BAFTA-nominated writer\/director Clio Barnard<\/a> (\u201cAli & Ava,\u201d \u201cDark River\u201d), has been bought for worldwide rights by Charades<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Paris-based sales company will now launch the project \u2014\u00a0first announced by Variety in 2025<\/a> \u2014 at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin, and has unveiled a first look image. <\/p>\n

\n\tAdapted by \u201cDie My Love\u201d and \u201cHunger\u201d writer Enda Walsh from Keiran Goddard\u2019s eponymous novel, the film is lead by a buzzy ensemble cast, including Anthony Boyle\u00a0(\u201cSay Nothing,\u201d \u201cMasters of the Air\u201d),\u00a0Joe Cole\u00a0(\u201cGangs of London,\u201d \u201cA Prayer Before Dawn\u201d), Jay Lycurgo<\/a> (\u201cSteve,\u201d \u201cHalf Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself\u201d), Daryl McCormack (\u201cGood Luck to You, Leo Grande,\u201d \u201cBad Sisters\u201d) and\u00a0Lola Petticrew\u00a0(\u201cSay Nothing,\u201d \u201cShe Said\u201d). Millie Brady (\u201cThe Last Kingdom\u201d), Lucie Shorthouse (\u201cRebus\u201d) and James Eeles (\u201cThe Batman\u201d) also star. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI See Buildings Fall Like Lightning\u201d follows five childhood friends; Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, who skipped school together and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they\u2019re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film is produced by Tracy O\u2019Riordan of Moonspun Films, continuing her long-time relationship with the Barnard. It was developed with BBC Film who are also co-financing with BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), in association with Curzon Film who will handle U.K. distribution, and TPC.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCollaborating with Clio Barnard and her long-time producer Tracy O\u2019Riordan represents for us a unique opportunity to contribute to the growing legacy of this essential U.K. filmmaker, while also shining a light on her remarkable ensemble cast, whose energy and authentic performances immediately resonated with us \u2014\u00a0including young rising star Jay Lycurgo, recently awarded at the BIFAs,\u201d said Charades co-founder Carole Baraton.<\/p>\n

\n\tExecutive producers are Barnard, Walsh, Keiran Goddard, Claudia Yusef at BBC Film, Mia Bays at the BFI, Ali Jazayeri and Keith Kehoe at TPC, Louisa Dent and Philip Knatchbull at Curzon Film, Baraton and Lucie Desquiens at Charades and Jane Moore.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve long been admirers of their passion and expertise, so we\u2019re delighted to be working with Carole and team at Charades on \u2018I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning\u2019 and looking forward to introducing this beautiful film and stellar ensemble cast to an international audience,\u201d said O\u2019Riordan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,\u201d the next feature from BAFTA-nominated writer\/director Clio Barnard (\u201cAli & Ava,\u201d \u201cDark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[150928,150929,150930,156,150931,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-263977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-charades","9":"tag-clio-barnard","10":"tag-efm","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-jay-lycurgo","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}