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Bring Them Down
Directed byChristopher Andrews
Screenplay byChristopher Andrews
Story by
  • Christopher Andrews
  • Jonathan Hourigan
Produced by
  • Ivana MacKinnon
  • Jacob Swan Hyam
  • Ruth Treacy
  • Julianne Forde
  • Jean-Yves Roubin
  • Cassandre Warnauts
Starring
CinematographyNick Cooke
Edited byGeorge Cragg
Music byHannah Peel
Production
companies
Distributed byMubi
Release date
  • 8 September 2024 (2024-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time
105 minutes[1]
Countries
Languages

Bring Them Down is a 2024 thriller film written and directed by Christopher Andrews (in his feature directorial debut), starring Barry Keoghan, Christopher Abbott, Nora-Jane Noone, Paul Ready, Aaron Heffernan, Conor McNeill, Susan Lynch, and Colm Meaney.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2024. Its UK premiere was at the London Film Festival.

Cast

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Production

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Funding for the film came from Mubi with additional funding from Screen Ireland, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and the UK Global Screen Fund which is financed by the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and administered by the BFI.[3] It is a European co-production with producers Ivana MacKinnon of the UK's Wild Swim Films; UK Producer Jacob Swan Hyam; Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde of Ireland's Tailored Films and Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts of Belgium's Frakas Productions.[4]

Casting

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Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott replaced Mescal and Burke in the cast in February 2023.[5]

Filming

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Principal photography took place in Ireland in February 2023.[6]

Release

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Bring Them Down had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2024.[1]

It will be released in cinemas on 7 February 2025.[7]

Reception

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Bring Them Down won Best Film at Fantastic Fest, the Fipresci Prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Festival and Best Screenplay at the Rome Film Festival.[8][9]

The film is certified 93% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.[10]

Andrews won Best Debut Director at the British Independent Film Awards in November 2024, where the film was also nominated for Best Debut Producer.[11][12]

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bring Them Down". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference sxsw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Ritman, Alex (23 February 2023). "Barry Keoghan Replaces Paul Mescal in Mubi's Irish Drama 'Bring Them Down,' First Look Revealed". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. ^ Rosser, Michael (23 February 2023). "Barry Keoghan, Christopher Abbott to star in Mubi feature 'Bring Them Down'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Barry Keoghan replaces Paul Mescal in new Irish drama "Bring Them Down"". Irish Central. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  6. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (23 February 2023). "BAFTA-Winning 'Banshees of Inisherin' Star Barry Keoghan Replaces Paul Mescal in MUBI's 'Bring Them Down': First Look Revealed". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Bring Them Down". MUBI. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  8. ^ Taylor, Drew (24 September 2024). "Barry Keoghan's 'Bring Them Down' Wins Best Picture, Main Competition at Fantastic Fest : Exclusive". The Wrap. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  9. ^ Forst, Achim (2024). "Staying True to Oneself". International Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Bring Them Down". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  11. ^ "British Independent Film Awards 2024: the winners in full". British Film Institute. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  12. ^ Ntim, Zac (5 November 2024). "British Independent Film Awards: 'Kneecap' Leads Nominations". Deadline. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Bring Them Down". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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