{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/6955466c5f9b0b61aab5ee7e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Presents: Marian Quinn, Writer/Director of Twig","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6955465577f9435bdcc8cb82/9afea41b2801c73921c1d90a1712db8c.jpg?height=200","description":"In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Marian Quinn, Writer/Director of Twig.\n \n\nTwig, a powerful retelling of the Greek tragedy Antigone, is set in Dublin’s inner city where an ancient city wall cordons off a neighbourhood which is rife with drugs. When the local crime lord, Leon (O’Byrne) vows to let her brother Paulie’s body rot in the street, Twig (Malone), young and iron-willed, defiantly sets out to do the right thing.  The tragedy which unfolds inexorably, pits the two figures against each other, building relentlessly as grief, love, hope and despair collide in a dramatic conclusion against the backdrop of Dublin’s docklands.\n\nWritten and directed by Marian Quinn, Twig stars Sade Malone (Tin Star, Pistol) opposite BAFTA-winning, Tony Award-winning and Emmy nominated Brían F. O’Byrne (Little Boy Blue, Million Dollar Baby).  Quinn previously wrote and directed the coming-of-age feature 32A which won the Best First Feature Award at the Galway Film Fleadh.\n\nProduced by Ruth Carter for Blue Ink Films (Lies We Tell, Damo & Ivor – The Movie) and Tommy Weir for Janey Pictures (32A), Twig is funded by\n\nFís Éireann / Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, RTÉ and Wildcard Distribution.\n\nIn cinemas from 21st June 2024.\n\nhttps://filmireland.net/","author_name":"Film Ireland"}