Calm with Horses
2019 · Movie · R · 100 min · ★ 6.3 · 81% critics
In rural Ireland, a former boxer works as an enforcer for a local crime family while trying to stay present in his young son’s life. When he’s pushed toward a line he’s never crossed before, his loyalties and sense of right and wrong are tested in a bleak, tense struggle for a way out.
Also known as The Shadow of Violence
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2020-03-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (159 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gritty, character-driven crime drama about loyalty, family pressure, and moral limits; Not for you if you avoid bleak stories or intense violence, even when it’s mostly implied.
Pros: gripping, heavy drama; strong character conflict; tense rural crime world | Cons: bleak tone throughout; some shocking violence; familiar crime beats
Themes
- rural area
- drug dealing
- ireland
- based on short story
- enforcer
- autistic
- autistic child
Cast & crew
Cosmo Jarvis
as Arm
Barry Keoghan
as Dympna
Niamh Algar
as Ursula
Ned Dennehy
as Paudi
Kiljan Moroney
as Jack
Brid Brennan
as Maire Mirkin
Liam Carney
as Fannigan
Simone Kirby
as June
Anthony Welsh
as Rob
David Wilmot
as Hector
Directed by Nick Rowland