JOYRIDE

 

Year: 2022

Director: Emer Reynolds

Writer: Ailbhe Keogan

Starring: Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin

Production Companies: Subotica

SYNOPSIS

Fleeing from his father, Irish 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. Joy has decided to give her child away to a friend, and Mully needs to get some distance from his debt-ridden dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. The unlikely pair go on a journey across Ireland, gradually finding the friendship, love and learning, they never knew they needed, in each other.