The Cured
For his debut feature film, writer/director David Freyne has come up with the best kind of premise, so irresistible in its simplicity that people who didn't think of it get annoyed that they didn't think of it. While scads of prior horror movies have merely inundated viewers with horrific stories about our friends and loved ones turning into flesh-eating undead monsters, The Cured imagines a world in which the thing that created such horrors is indeed a virus, and one for which a cure has been found. The world is ours, and the country is Ireland. [...] Freyne is a filmmaker to watch, and The Cured is going to be a genre film to beat in 2018. (Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com)
Director's Biography
David Freyne
David is an Irish director who received his MA in film from University College Dublin. He co-founded Tilted Pictures in 2008. His short films have screened extensively at international film festivals such as Rotterdam or Clermont Ferrand. “The Cured” (2017) is his feature debut. Film Selection: The Cured (2017) — The First Wave (2014, short) — The Tree (2012, short) — Passing (2010, short) — The Mill (2009, short)
Nachtsicht | Night Sight · Eröffnungsfilme | Opening Films 2018
David Freyne
Ireland / Great Britain / France 2017
color
95 minutes
English OV
Screenplay David Freyne
Cinematography Piers McGrail
Editing Chris Gill
Music Rory Friers, Niall Kennedy
With Sam Keeley, Ellen Page, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Producer(s) Rory Dungan, Rachel O’Kane, Ellen Page
Production
Tilted Pictures Ltd., Bac Films
Austrian Premiere
Rechte Österreich / Austrian Rights
Splendid
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Toronto International Film Festival 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere