Watch the trailer for Kneecap’s epic biopic movie starring Michael Fassbender
nme.comKneecap have shared the official trailer for their upcoming self-titled biopic, starring Michael Fassbender. You can watch it below.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 28.“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’.”The official trailer for Kneecap has been released online today (June 6). “D’you know what?
Every story about Belfast starts like this,” a voiceover says at the beginning of the video ahead of footage of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. “But not this one…”In the clip, we see Kneecap getting into scrapes with the police and refusing to “speak the Queen’s English” while being questioned at the station.
Later, the group work on songs and play their rowdy first live shows.Tune in here:A post shared by KNEECAP (@kneecap32)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.
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