Zonad is the story about an escaped convict who fools a whole Irish village into thinking he's a visitor from outer space. Zonad, a strange visitor comes to the town of Ballymoran, is taken in by the Cassiday family and accepted by the locals as an extraterrestrial.
The film is directed by 'Once' director John Carney, who also co-wrote the film with his brother Kieran. The film stars Simon Delaney, David Pearse, Rory Keenan and Geoff Minogue and is due for release in Ireland, 17 March 2010.
The film is directed by 'Once' director John Carney, who also co-wrote the film with his brother Kieran. The film stars Simon Delaney, David Pearse, Rory Keenan and Geoff Minogue and is due for release in Ireland, 17 March 2010.
- 3/2/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Year: 2009
Directors: John Carney
Writers: John Carney & Kieran Carney
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Trailer: link
Review by: Alan Maxwell
Rating: 8 out of 10
In a small Irish town that feels like some Pleasantville-inspired alternate reality where the 1950s have never ended, the happy Cassidy family return home from watching a meteor shower to discover a portly man (Simon Delaney) in an outrageous outfit lying in the front room of their house. His name is Zonad and he's from outer space.
Or at least that's his story. The audience are very quickly alerted to the fact that this man isn't all he seems but in keeping this secret hidden from the population of the town, writer-director partnership John and Kieran Carney wring plenty of laughs from the contrast between our cynical modern attitudes represented by Zonad and the idealised vision of happiness that forms the life of the rest of the cast.
Despite the...
Directors: John Carney
Writers: John Carney & Kieran Carney
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Alan Maxwell
Rating: 8 out of 10
In a small Irish town that feels like some Pleasantville-inspired alternate reality where the 1950s have never ended, the happy Cassidy family return home from watching a meteor shower to discover a portly man (Simon Delaney) in an outrageous outfit lying in the front room of their house. His name is Zonad and he's from outer space.
Or at least that's his story. The audience are very quickly alerted to the fact that this man isn't all he seems but in keeping this secret hidden from the population of the town, writer-director partnership John and Kieran Carney wring plenty of laughs from the contrast between our cynical modern attitudes represented by Zonad and the idealised vision of happiness that forms the life of the rest of the cast.
Despite the...
- 2/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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