Keiran Goddard's novel I See Buildings Fall like Lightning comes to the screen courtesy of director Clio Barnard (Dark River; Ali & Ava) and screenwriter Enda Walsh (Die My Love; Ish). The film focusses on a group of childhood friends and the struggles they face as they reach their thirties.
Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew, Millie Brady and Lucie Shorthouse star.
I See Buildings Fall like Lightning is in UK/ROI cinemas from December 4th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes. Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor grew up together. They played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of everything they'd do with their lives. Now they’re thirty and those dreams haven’t materialised quite how they imagined. Patrick (Anthony Boyle) and Shiv (Lola Petticrew) are as in love as ever, but their relationship is rocked when an old secret opens up new wounds. Charismatic Oli (Jay Lycurgo), always the life and soul, is partying too hard and is fading by the day. Conor (Daryl McCormack) has a baby on the way and a business plan that could change everything. Only Rian (Joe Cole) has left the estate, moved to London and made a lot of money. He’s lonely and disconnected, missing home and community, his ‘family’ of close friends.’
