Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

2026

1h 32m

10.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

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).

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Cast & Crew

111 members

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Colin Morgan

Earl Clancy

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Calam Lynch

Gerald Clancy

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Clara Crichton

Kate Clancy

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India Mullen

Layla

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Niamh Cusack

Mrs. Healy

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Stanley Townsend

Harry Conway

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Elaine O'Dwyer

Alma

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Daniel Woodage

Vincent

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Liam O'Brien

Dickie Wall

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Ryan Burke

Joe Gorman

Art

Cos Egan

Jack

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Andrew Bennett

Sgt. Walsh

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Tracey Collopy

Tank

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Aidan Crowe

Gus

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Sean Shinners

Goose Guy

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Ollie Ryan

Old Man (Jelly)

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Samual Duggan

Fighting Teen #1

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Jonty Ross

Fighting Teen #2

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Mikey Casey

Cocky Stoner (as Michael Casey)

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Stuart Mackey

Poster Thief

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Lonan Ross

Rowdy Teen 2

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Michael O’Dwyer

Rowdy Teen 3

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Gavin McGrath

Rowdy Teen 4

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John O’Sullivan

Extra

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Ava Ross

Teen girl (uncredited)

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Keeley Hartigan

Teen girl (uncredited)

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Ciara Hennessy

Teenage girl (uncredited)

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Alex O’Brien

Guy (uncredited)

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Mary T Lynch

Woman (uncredited)

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Glenn Keating

Chip Buyer (uncredited)

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Matthew Hogan

Extra (uncredited)

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Pete Moles

Cinema Goer (uncredited)

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Christopher Garvy

Extra

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Sorcha Real

Cinema Patron

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Joseph Coleman

Elderly Cinema Patron (as Joe Coleman)

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Ben Kirkland

Arrested Teen

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Shane Davis

Stoner

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Jennie Kiely

80’s Lady

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Ciara Dan McGinnis

Cinema Patron

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John A. Rickard

80’s Man (Credit Only)

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Noelle Tedford

80’s Woman

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Tom Sheehan

Extra (uncredited)

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Janet Grene

Cinema Patron

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Cillian Conway

Extra (uncredited)

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Leah Crawford

Cinema Goer (uncredited)

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Ian Dillon

Chip Van Owner

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Dean Panter

Mr. Healy

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Kayleigh Alfred

Cinema Extra

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Kenneth Barry

Cinema Goer (uncredited)

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Ilir Tobin

Mickey (Rowdy Teen 1)

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Alan Johnson

Cinema Goer (uncredited)

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Alison Johnson

Cinema Goer (uncredited)

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Elaine Stokes

Cinema Goer (uncredited)

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John Mooney

Cinema Goer

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Anne McCarthy

Cinema Goer

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Tom Muldowney

Cinema Goer

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Fionn O’Sullivan McCarthy

Cinema Goer

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Peter McCarthy

Cinema Goer

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David Hayes

Cinema Goer

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Don Hayes

Cinema Goer

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Jonathan Hayes

Cinema Goer

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Ciaran Martin

Cinema Goer

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Ivor McMahon

Cinema Goer

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Conor Dunphy

Cinema Goer

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Dylan Emwanta

Cinema Goer

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Jacqui Fitzmaurice

Cinema Goer

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Rian Fitzpatrick

Cinema Goer

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Ger Meehan

Cinema Goer

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Lawrence Meehan

Cinema Goer

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Glenn Gall

Cinema Goer

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Gerarldine Galvin

Cinema Goer

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Laura Duhan

Cinema Goer

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Mary Gleeson

Cinema Goer

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John Griffin

Cinema Goer

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Oliver Hanley

Cinema Goer

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Deirdre Harrington

Cinema Goer

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Chloe Hennigan

Cinema Goer

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Mike Hourigan

Cinema Goer

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Noel Madigan

Cinema Goer

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Patricia Mathiasz

Cinema Goer

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Majella McCarthy

Cinema Goer

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Ailish McDermott

Cinema Goer

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Callum McGeary

Cinema Goer

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Tara McGill

Cinema Goer

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Annie McInerney

Cinema Goer

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Evelyn McNamara

Cinema Goer

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Jasper Meurer

Cinema Goer

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Alexandre Miranda

Cinema Goer

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Kaif Nadaf

Cinema Goer

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Aniara Tawfiq

Cinema Goer

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Aoife Nix

Cinema Goer

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Stephanie Tobin

Cinema Goer

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Yasna Tofail

Cinema Goer

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Brian Tuite

Cinema Goer

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Anita Twomey

Cinema Goer

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Anita Wiatr-Noireaud

Cinema Goer

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Ann Twomey

Cinema Goer

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Jacinta Sweeney

Cinema Goer

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Henriette McCarthy

Cinema Goer

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Claire O’Riordan

Cinema Goer

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Shawn Dalton

Choir Singer

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Camilla Dalton

Choir Singer

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Julie Hurley

Choir Singer

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Darragh Curtain

Choir Singer

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Veronica Henn

Choir Singer

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Lillian Jordan

Choir Singer

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Gràinne Cooney

Choir Singer

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Catriona Kiely

Choir Singer

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Deirdre Condon

Choir Singer

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Stefan Kaiser

Choir Singer

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Tony Walsh

Bar Extra

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