In the style of a bootleg VHS, SMOLT is a unique portrayal of an eventful few days in the lives of Darren and Leon: two Irish kids who generally have to fend for themselves. While killing time selling second-hand cigarettes, the boys run into some trouble with a girl, a gun, and a shipment of counterfeit football jerseys.
Twisting from cinema vérité to improvisation to pre-scripted lines SMOLT offers an intimate visceral slice-of-life of two kids in their concrete playground that is Dublin City.
RHODA'S CHAOS presents in association with RTÉ and FILMBASE - ADAM CAROLAN -
RYAN WARD - NAOMI MORGAN
in a MICHAEL HIGGINS picture SMOLT music by BRIAN CONNIFFE costume design SÍOFRA NÍ CHIARDHA production design PADRAIG O'NEILL cinematographer LUCA ROCCHINI producer CIARA GILLAN based on a screenplay by DANIEL BEVAN directed by MICHAEL HIGGINS