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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
2026, May 01
1h 32m
Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema (Breathless, starring Richard Gere).
Directed by
David Gleeson
Written by
David Gleeson
Niamh Cusack
Mrs. Healy
Colin Morgan
Earl Clancy
Calam Lynch
Gerald Clancy
Stanley Townsend
Harry Conway
Andrew Bennett
Sgt. Walsh
India Mullen
Layla
Glenn Keating
Chip Buyer (uncredited)
Alex O’Brien
Guy (uncredited)
Mary T Lynch
Woman (uncredited)
Aidan Crowe
Gus
Marc-Ivan O'Gorman
Dean Panter
Mr. Healy
Nigel Mercier
Shane Davis
Stoner
Cillian Conway
Extra (uncredited)
Ryan Burke
Joe Gorman
Kenneth Barry
Cinema Goer (uncredited)
Caroline Morahan
Elaine O'Dwyer
Alma
Mikey Casey
Cocky Stoner (as Michael Casey)
Lonan Ross
Rowdy Teen 2
Clara Crichton
Kate Clancy
Daniel Woodage
Vincent
Liam O'Brien
Dickie Wall
Tracey Collopy
Tank
Sean Shinners
Goose Guy
Ollie Ryan
Old Man (Jelly)
Stuart Mackey
Poster Thief
Michael O’Dwyer
Rowdy Teen 3
Gavin McGrath
Rowdy Teen 4
John O’Sullivan
Extra
Ciara Hennessy
Teenage girl (uncredited)
Matthew Hogan
Extra (uncredited)
Christopher Garvy
Extra
Sorcha Real
Cinema Patron
Joseph Coleman
Elderly Cinema Patron (as Joe Coleman)
Ben Kirkland
Arrested Teen
Jennie Kiely
80’s Lady
Ciara Dan McGinnis
Cinema Patron
John A. Rickard
80’s Man (Credit Only)
Noelle Tedford
80’s Woman
Tom Sheehan
Extra (uncredited)
Janet Grene
Cinema Patron
Leah Crawford
Cinema Goer (uncredited)
Ian Dillon
Chip Van Owner
Kayleigh Alfred
Cinema Extra
Alan Johnson
Cinema Goer (uncredited)
Alison Johnson
Cinema Goer (uncredited)
Elaine Stokes
Cinema Goer (uncredited)
John Mooney
Cinema Goer
Anne McCarthy
Cinema Goer
Tom Muldowney
Cinema Goer
Fionn O’Sullivan McCarthy
Cinema Goer
Peter McCarthy
Cinema Goer
David Hayes
Cinema Goer
Don Hayes
Cinema Goer
Jonathan Hayes
Cinema Goer
Ciaran Martin
Cinema Goer
Ivor McMahon
Cinema Goer
Conor Dunphy
Cinema Goer
Dylan Emwanta
Cinema Goer
Jacqui Fitzmaurice
Cinema Goer
Rian Fitzpatrick
Cinema Goer
Ger Meehan
Cinema Goer
Lawrence Meehan
Cinema Goer
Glenn Gall
Cinema Goer
Gerarldine Galvin
Cinema Goer
Laura Duhan
Cinema Goer
Mary Gleeson
Cinema Goer
John Griffin
Cinema Goer
Deirdre Harrington
Cinema Goer
Chloe Hennigan
Cinema Goer
Mike Hourigan
Cinema Goer
Noel Madigan
Cinema Goer
Patricia Mathiasz
Cinema Goer
Majella McCarthy
Cinema Goer
Ailish McDermott
Cinema Goer
Callum McGeary
Cinema Goer
Tara McGill
Cinema Goer
Annie McInerney
Cinema Goer
Evelyn McNamara
Cinema Goer
Alexandre Miranda
Cinema Goer
Kaif Nadaf
Cinema Goer
Aniara Tawfiq
Cinema Goer
Aoife Nix
Cinema Goer
Stephanie Tobin
Cinema Goer
Yasna Tofail
Cinema Goer
Brian Tuite
Cinema Goer
Anita Twomey
Cinema Goer
Anita Wiatr-Noireaud
Cinema Goer
Ann Twomey
Cinema Goer
Jacinta Sweeney
Cinema Goer
Henriette McCarthy
Cinema Goer
Claire O’Riordan
Cinema Goer
Shawn Dalton
Choir Singer
Camilla Dalton
Choir Singer
Julie Hurley
Choir Singer
Darragh Curtain
Choir Singer
Veronica Henn
Choir Singer
Lillian Jordan
Choir Singer
Gràinne Cooney
Choir Singer
Catriona Kiely
Choir Singer
Deirdre Condon
Choir Singer
Stefan Kaiser
Choir Singer
Tony Walsh
Bar Extra
Nicola Bennett
Mike Finn
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