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End Of Sentence
End Of Sentence “With his estranged son in prison and
  his terminally-ill wife succumbing to
  cancer, a mild-mannered man sets out
  to fulfil his wife’s last wishes, to scatter
  her ashes on a remote Irish lake; but
  his son resents his father and is forced
  to accompany him to honour his
  mother’s last request in the poignant
  comedy drama End Of Sentence...”

A DEDICATED HUSBAND, MILD-MANNERED Frank Fogle (Oscar-nominee John Hawkes: Winter's Bone), is devastated when his wife Anna (Andrea Irvine) is diagnosed with terminal cancer in the amusing and poignant comedy drama End Of Sentence.

Their son Sean (Logan Lerman: Percy Jackson franchise) is serving a prison sentence for auto theft and has had a difficult relationship with his father, whom he blames for allowing him to suffer the cruelty of his alcoholic grandfather.

“Set against a backdrop
of Ireland’s lovely
scenery, a father and son
with a difficult
relationship and with
various issues
find themselves on
a challenging road-trip
in the critically-acclaimed
comedy drama
End Of Sentence —
a poignant and beguiling
film about love and
loss; regret and
understanding...”
While Sean is still languishing at the Alabama Correctional Facility, where Officer Stone (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson: Trapped) has issued a stark warning to Frank, Anna dies having made her husband promise that he and Sean will together take her ashes to be scattered on a remote lake in her native Northern Ireland, which she used to visit frequently.

Sean is released from prison, but still harbours a grudge against his father and refuses to have anything to do with him. He is desperate to make a fresh start in California and even the promise Frank makes to him, that once they have honoured his mother's last request he will pay for him to go anywhere he wants to go, falls on deaf ears.

After being turned down for a driving job that will take him to California, Sean relents and reluctantly accompanies his father on the trip, with the promise that they will never have to see each other again once Anna's wish is fulfilled.

At a bar where Anna's relatives who were unable to fly to America for the funeral are gathering, Sean meets the pretty, mysterious Jewel (Sarah Bolger: The Spiderwick Chronicles), who seems to sympathise with Frank, who is harbouring suspicions that Anna was visiting an old flame in Ireland.

Having persuaded Frank to take Jewel on part of the journey, Sean soon discovers she is not what she claims to be and the subsequent complications see a change in him. Sean becomes more amenable to the reason they are in Ireland and they search Dublin to try to track down Jewel, who has gone missing from the hotel room she persuaded Frank to pay for.

Sean and Frank are on a journey. Not just to take Anna's ashes to Ireland but also a journey of discovery. They learn things about each other that might just bring father and son closer. But will it be enough to heal the hurt to which Sean feels Frank turned a blind eye? Will Frank be able to resolve their issues and honour his wife's memory while accepting the reason Sean has not been as supportive as he could have been?

A journey from Alabama, America's heartland, to a road-trip on the Emerald Isle, the critically-acclaimed comedy drama End Of Sentence is a poignant and beguiling film about love and loss; regret and understanding. Set against a backdrop of Ireland's lovely scenery, it explores relationships between a father and son and life's setbacks, shot through with humour. Haunting music and sympathetic acting help it on its way.

An Icelandic-Irish co-production, End Of Sentence was filmed on location in Ireland and the USA and premiered to acclaim at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

End of Sentence also features: Denis Conway as Father Tobin; Lalor Rody as Murphy; Daid Grand White as Mr Modine; Sean Mahon as Andrew; Mary McEvoy as Brigid; and S J McArdle as Pub Band Singer.

Score Recorded, Produced and Performed by Pétur Pór Benediktsson; Director of Photography is Karl Óskarsson; Written by Michael Armbruster; Produced by Elfar Adalsteins, Sigurjón Sighvatsson and David Collins; and Directed by Elfar Adalsteins.

Music: Elijah, Performed by Matthew and the Atlas | Red Rose Café (Het Kleine Café aan de Haven), Performed by the Fureys and Davey Arthur | Spancill Hill, Performed by The Dubliners | Just The Smile, Written and Performed by Rory Gallagher | The Orphan, Performed by Martin Hayes Quartet | I Can Almost Hear You, Written and Performed by Petur Ben | St James Infirmary (A Traditional Folk Song), Performed by S J McArdle | Dirty Old Town, Performed by S J McArdle and Sarah Bolger | Beggar's Prayer, Performed by Emiliana Torrin | The Parting Glass (A Traditional Folk Song), Performed by Richard Cottle and Phoebe Street.

* Blue Finch Film Releasing presents End Of Sentence on Digital Download from 10 May 2021. Certificate: 15 | Running Time: 94 Minutes Approximately.

"Set against a backdrop of Ireland's lovely scenery, a father and son with a difficult relationship and with various issues find themselves on a challenging road-trip in the critically-acclaimed comedy drama End Of Sentence — a poignant and beguiling film about love and loss; regret and understanding…" — *** Maggie Woods, MotorBar

**** Film Threat | **** Film Authority | **** Cultured Vultures
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