The directorial debut of Brendan Canty, Christy stars Danny Power as the eponymous Christy, a Cork teenager who moves in with the family of his estranged older brother when he is kicked out of foster care.
The film also stars Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis, Alison Oliver, Chris Walley and Helen Behan.
Christy is in Irish cinemas from August 29th and UK cinemas from September 5th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
17-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. Kicked out of his suburban foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane and his young family. As far as Shane is concerned this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork's working-class Northside. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his past through his seemingly more corrupting extended family, despite Shane’s efforts to protect him. Shane wants something better for Christy at any cost – even if it means he has to push him away. As the brothers look to reconcile their turbulent past, their family and the community around them offer hope for Christy’s future.