Allez au contenu, Allez à la navigation, Allez à la recherche, Change language

Home > Festival 2012 > Official Selection > Display Film

THE GENERAL

In Competition
Directed by :
John BOORMAN 
Country:
IRELAND
Duration:
125.00 minutes
  • Award for Best Director, 1998

Synopsis

Martin Cahill grew up in Hollyfield, Dublin, where crime was the main occupation. Throughout his adult life, Martin Cahill derived satisfaction from making fools out of the police, the church, the establishment and devised a series of elaborate pranks to embarrass them. He organised a number of daring and carefully planned robberies, gaining the title, "The General".
He over-reached himself when he and his gang stole paintings from Russborough House, which included the only Vermeer in private ownership. With public and political pressure mounting, the police mounted a surveillance operation involving 90 police headed by Ned Kenny, a man who admired Cahill but was determined to break him.
Default photo

Credits

Actors

Contacts and useful links

Production

THE IRISH FILM BOARD / HIT AND RUN PRODUCTIONS - IRLANDE

The Official Selection 1998

In Competition