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Alarm

Release Date 07 Nov 2008 TBA

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Certificate: 15

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A year after the violent death of her father Molly (Ruth Bradley) has had enough of the noise and chaos of Dublin, and of therapy. She has been nurtured back to health by old friends of her father - Frank (Tom Hickey) and Jess (Anita Reeves) - and although she is grateful for their care she decides it’s time to move on. Finding a house in the supercharged Irish property market isn’t easy but eventually she manages to find a dream house in a rural setting. Her friends from Dublin come to her housewarming and she meets the dark and handsome Mal (Aidan Turner), who is very enthusiastic to help her decorate her new home. A mysterious burglary is a shock, but it becomes the catalyst for a fiery sexual encounter and the beginning of a passionate relationship. But another burglary follows and then another. None are particularly serious but they become cumulatively more distressing. Who is responsible? Her sense of isolation increases as her neighbors don’t talk to her – but they’re hardly ever home as they commute to Dublin daily. Why aren’t the police more responsive? Is Mal hiding something from her? Is the local shopkeeper to be trusted? Through Molly's eyes, everything begins to feel and sound very different. We watch and listen as her happy home becomes a place of disturbance, dread and paranoia.

Cast:
Ruth Bradley | Aidan Turner | Tom Hickey | Anita Reeves | Owen Roe | Emmett Bergin

Writers:
Gerard Stembridge

Producers:
Anna Devlin | Marina Hughes

Directors:
Gerard Stembridge

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    vu1999uk

    Embarrasingly bad Irish thriller that is about as tense as an episode of Glenroe. Hopeless acting, script and direction. This film has nothing good going for it and another example of bad use of Irish Film Board money. I really cannot emphasise how bad this film is.