I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
“Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.”
2026•1h 49m•Released
Drama
Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.
Director
Clio Barnard
Writer
Enda Walsh
Languages
English
Studio
Moonspun Films
Cast
Anthony Boyle
Patrick
Lola Petticrew
Shiv
Joe Cole
Rian
Daryl McCormack
Conor
Jay Lycurgo
Oli
Millie Brady
Emma
Lucie Shorthouse
Sophie
James Eeles
Marcus
Ryan Walker-Edwards
Si
Sam Brasenell
Kate
Production
Company
Moonspun Films
Company
BBC Film
Company
BFI
Company
TPC
Producer
Tracy O'Riordan
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