Route Irish (film)

Route Irish
Route Irish
	French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ken Loach
Written by	Paul Laverty
Produced by	Rebecca O'Brien
Starring	Mark Womack; Andrea Lowe; John Bishop
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Edited by	Jonathan Morris
Music by	George Fenton
Production; companies	Sixteen Films; Why Not Productions; Wild Bunch
Distributed by	Artificial Eye
Release dates	20 May 2010 (Cannes Film Festival); 18 March 2011 (United Kingdom);
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; France; Belgium
Language	English

Route Irish is a 2010 drama-thriller film directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty. It is set in Liverpool and focuses on the consequences suffered by private security contractors after fighting in the Iraq War. The title comes from the Baghdad Airport Road, known as "Route Irish". The film was a British-French co-production. It was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

Philip French, in The Observer, wrote that the film reprises several themes in Loach's films, such as state-sanctioned crime, the brutality of war, the exploitation of the underclass and harsh treatment of native populations.^[1]

^ French, Philip. Route Irish – review The Observer, 20 March 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011

[French-1] French, Philip. Route Irish – review The Observer, 20 March 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011

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