6.2 /10 1 Votes
67% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Darragh Byrne Story by Darragh Byrne Initial release March 2011 (Rome) Screenplay Ciaran Creagh | 6.9/10 IMDb 47% Metacritic Written by Ciaran Creagh Music by Niall Byrne Director Darragh Byrne Music director Niall Byrne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Dominic Wright
Jacqueline Kerrin Starring Colm Meaney
Colin Morgan
Milka Ahlroth
Stuart Graham Production companies Irish Film Board, Helsinki-filmi Oy, Ripple World Pictures Limited Cast Colin Morgan, Colm Meaney, Stuart Graham, Michael McElhatton, David Wilmot Similar How Harry Became a Tree, Kings, Finding Jenua, Prince of Central Park, Owd Bob | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parked is a 2011 Irish drama film written by Ciaran Creagh and directed by Darragh Byrne about homelessness, friendship, and the will to survive adversity, whilst still retaining poise.
Contents
Parked official trailer
Plot
Fred (Colm Meaney) lives a quiet, isolated life in his car, having lost all hope of improving his situation. That all changes when he forms an unlikely friendship with Cathal (Colin Morgan), a dope-smoking 21-year-old with a positive attitude, who becomes his 'neighbour.' Sharing laughs and the hard times too, Fred and Cathal find the simple, free pleasures of life.
Cathal is determined to make Fred sort out his life and it works. Fred modifies his car, beats the welfare system and makes a friend in Jules, an attractive music teacher who lives alone nearby. But Fred struggles with his pride to tell Jules about his 'home' and Cathal’s life is threatened by his escalating drug habit. As they grow closer, the influence of these three outsiders on each other will change their lives.
Fred's trust in Cathal was soon thwarted when he discovered Cathal injecting drugs into the veins of his feet. Cathal had sworn he had never injected, even showing Fred his arms as proof. Fred shouts at Cathal and then storms away to see Jules. While Fred is gone, Cathal is attacked by his drug dealer. Beaten and exhausted, Cathal sneaks into his dad's house, begging for money. His dad refuses to pay, and Cathal leaves. He then shows up at a bonfire with other drug addicts. They steal his shoes in exchange for a needle. Cathal injects himself in the arm and passes out.
Fred returns to find Cathal's car trashed and his treasured watch broken. He searches everywhere for Cathal, and eventually finds him in the mortuary. Cathal has died, but not before succeeding in improving Fred's life. Jules knows about Fred living in a car, and Fred is on the way to having a place of his own thanks to Cathal's persuasion. In the end, Cathal still managed to save Fred, though he couldn't do the same for himself.
Cast
