Check out the official film poster for Kneecap’s new biopic
nme.comKneecap have shared the official film poster for their forthcoming biopic – see it first on NME below.The Irish rap trio unveiled the official trailer for their self-titled biopic, starring Michael Fassbender, last month.
The film was also previewed at Glastonbury Festival’s cinema tent, Pilton Palais.Written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, the feature-length comedy-drama won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
It is due to arrive in Irish cinemas on August 8, before hitting the big screen in the UK on August 23.Now, the first poster for the film has been shared which features the band in a wobbly image.“Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio Kneecap, the film stars the band’s Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí in their acting debuts,” an official synopsis reads.“Set in West Belfast in 2019, it chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to ‘change the sound of Irish music forever’.”Fassbender (who plays Bap’s father, an exiled IRA member) stars in Kneecap alongside the likes of Simone Kirby, Jessica Reynolds, Fionnuala Flaherty and Josie Walker.
Visit here for tickets and more information.The film has already received praise from Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, who described it on social media as “absolutely fucking phenomenal”.“We love the movie, but we weren’t sure if it would ever go beyond Belfast,” Bap recently told NME. “It’s very colloquial.
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