The trailer has been released for Once Upon a Time in a Cinema, a new Irish film described as "a powerful love letter to the cinema experience".
Written and directed by David Gleeson (Tolkien, Don't Go, The Front Line, Cowboys & Angels), Once Upon a Time in a Cinema stars Colin Morgan, Calam Lynch, Stanley Townsend, India Mullen, Clara Crichton, and Niamh Cusack.
"Set over the course of one eventful evening in a cinema in 1980s Ireland, a cinema owner wrestles with the legacy of the past and the challenges of the future in a drama that is funny, wise, and rings of authenticity," says the synopsis.
Merlin star Morgan plays Earl Clancy, "the manager of a small-town cinema who is firefighting the Friday night from hell while mulling over the sale of his cinema to a shady politician".
Speaking ahead of his film's release, director Gleeson said: "Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is a love letter to an experience that's been woven into the Irish soul for a hundred years, a film that celebrates the rollercoaster of emotion that has forever bonded us in the company of strangers.
"On May 1, it is my deepest honour to invite audiences across Ireland to rediscover those profound connections, those close bonds we yearn for today more than ever. So come inside and take a seat. In the darkness, no one can see you're crying."
Backed by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and the Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures, Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is a European co-production from Ireland's Wide Eye Films Ltd, Germany's Tossell Pictures, and Belgium's Umedia.
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema will be released on Friday, 1 May.
