Black '47 (film)

Black '47
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lance Daly
Screenplay by	PJ Dillon Pierce Ryan Eugene O'Brien Lance Daly
Story by	PJ Dillon Pierce Ryan
Produced by	Macdara Kelleher Tim O'Hair Arcadiy Golubovich Jonathan Loughran Jani Thiltges Martin Metz
Starring	Hugo Weaving James Frecheville Stephen Rea Freddie Fox Barry Keoghan Moe Dunford Sarah Greene Jim Broadbent
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Edited by	John Walters Julian Ulrichs
Music by	Brian Byrne
Production companies	Wildcard Distribution Fasnet Films Primierdian Entertainment Irish Film Board Premiere Picture Samsa Film Umedia Sea Around Us Film Fund Luxembourg BAI
Distributed by	Element Pictures
Release dates	16 February 2018 (2018-02-16) (Berlin Film Festival) 7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) (Ireland)
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Countries	Ireland Luxembourg
Languages	English Irish[1]
Box office	$2,073,063

Black '47 is a 2018 Irish period drama film directed by Lance Daly. The screenplay is by PJ Dillon, Pierce Ryan, Eugene O'Brien and Lance Daly, based on the Irish-language short film An Ranger, written and directed by Dillon and Ryan. The film stars Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox, Barry Keoghan, Moe Dunford, and Sarah Greene. Set in Connemara during the Great Irish Famine, the film follows an Irish Catholic soldier who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he deserts his regiment to reunite with his family. The title is taken from the most devastating year of the famine, 1847, which is referred to as "Black '47".

Black '47 held its world premiere on 2 March 2018 at the Berlin Film Festival, before being released on 7 September 2018 in Ireland by Element Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from a number of critics, and was a box-office success in Ireland.