Joyride
- Released on
- Runtime
- 94 mins
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.
Cast
- Olivia Colman
- Charlie Reid
- Lochlann O'Mearáin
- Olwen Fouéré
- Florence Adebambo
- Tommy Tiernan
- David Pearse
- Ruth McCabe
- Aislín McGuckin
- Susannah De Wrixon
- Aisling O'Sullivan
- Trevor Kaneswaran
- Clara Fitzgerald
- Kate Finegan
- Jade O'Connor
- Leo Hanna
Director
- Emer Reynolds
Producers
- Aoife O'Sullivan
- Tristan Lynch
Screenwriter
- Ailbhe Keoghan