Route Irish
Synopsis
Liverpool, August 1976. 5-year-old Fergus met Frankie on his first day at school. They’ve been in each others’ shadow ever since. As teenagers they skipped school and drank cider on the ferry over the River Mersey, dreaming about travelling the world. Little did Fergus realise his dream would come true as a highly trained member of the UK’s elite special forces, the SAS.
After resigning in September 2004, Fergus persuaded Frankie (by now an ex-Para) to join his security team in Baghdad. £10,000 a month, tax free. Their last chance to “load up” in this increasingly privatised war. Together they risked their lives in a city steeped in violence, terror and greed, and awash with billions of US dollars. In September 2007, Frankie died on Route Irish, the most dangerous road in the world.
Back in Liverpool, a grief-stricken Fergus rejects the official explanation, and begins his own investigation into his soul mate’s death. Only Rachel, Frankie’s partner, grasps the depth of Fergus’s sorrow,...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Why Not Productions, Goodfellas
- Foreign production company : Sixteen Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Goodfellas
- French distribution : Diaphana
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Pascal Caucheteux, Vincent Maraval
- Screenwriter : Paul Laverty
- Director of Photography : Chris Menges
- Music Composer : George Fenton
- Editor : Jonathan Morris
- Sound Recordist : Kevin Brazier
- Costume designer : Sarah Ryan
- Line Producer : Tim Cole
- Press Attachés (film) : Jérôme Jouneaux, Isabelle Duvoisin
- Production Designer : Fergus Clegg
- Casting : Kahleen Crawford
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain, Spain
- Original French-language productions : No
