Calm with Horses

Calm with Horses
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNick Rowland
Written byJoseph Murtagh
Produced byDaniel Emmerson
Starring
CinematographyPiers McGrail
Edited by
  • Nicolas Chaudeurge
  • Matthew Tabern
  • Andonis Trattos
Music byBenjamin John Power
Production
companies
Distributed byAltitude Film Distribution
Release dates
  • 8 September 2019 (2019-09-08) (TIFF)
  • 13 March 2020 (2020-03-13) (Ireland)
Running time
101 minutes[1][2]
CountriesIreland
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$104,946[1]

Calm with Horses is a 2019 Irish crime drama film directed by Nick Rowland in his feature debut, and written by Joseph Murtagh. It concerns an ex-boxer who works as an enforcer for a criminal family in rural Ireland while providing for his autistic son. The film stars Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, Kiljan Moroney and David Wilmot. It is adapted from the short story of the same name from the collection Young Skins by Colin Barrett. The film was released in the United States under the title The Shadow of Violence.[3]

It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2019. It was released in Ireland on 13 March 2020 by Altitude Film Distribution.

  1. ^ a b "Calm With Horses (2019)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dargis, Manohla (30 July 2020). "'The Shadow of Violence' Review: Behold, the Bad Man (Again)". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 July 2020.