It has been announced that the acclaimed new Irish comedy- thriller 'The Guard' is to be released in Irish cinemas in July.
The film will open nationwide on Friday, 8 July.
Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, 'The Guard' is set in the west of Ireland where Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) finds his routine disrupted by the arrival of Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle), an FBI agent on the trail of cocaine smugglers.
The film, which received rave reviews at the Sundance and Berlin festivals, will also screen at New York's Tribeca Film Festival, which begins next month.
