Joyride
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.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Directed by Emer Reynolds
Olivia Colman
Joy
Charlie Reid
Mully
Lochlann Ó Mearáin
James
Olwen Fouéré
Sideline Sue
Florence Adebambo
Catherine
Tommy Tiernan
Ferryman
David Pearse
Showband Singer
Ruth McCabe
Noreen
Aislín McGuckin
Angela
Susannah De Wrixon
Café Lady
Aisling O'Sullivan
Mags
Trevor Kaneswaran
Passenger 1
Clara Fitzgerald
Passenger 2
Kate Finegan
Stewardess 1
Jade O'Connor
Stewardess 2
Leo Hanna
Stag Party Passenger
Production
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Release
2022
Runtime
94 min
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