Irish medieval thriller gains US cinema release deal
by Paul Keenan
February 16, 2017

An Irish film which follows the adventures of a young 13th-Century monk as he attempts to transport a holy relic from Ireland to Rome has been sold to a US distributor for €1.2million.

The deal means that Pilgrimage, directed by Brendan Muldowney, will reach cinema screens later this year.

Pilgrimage tells to the story of Bro. Diarmuid, a monk in the West of Ireland in 1290 who undertakes to lead a Rome-bound party of pilgrims escorting a sacred stone reputed to have been used in the killing of the Apostle Matthias. Not only does the journey involve travelling across an Ireland made hostile by the spread of Norman invaders, but a secret involving the stone itself divides loyalties among the travelling band, bringing danger to all.

The role of Bro. Diarmuid is played by English actor Tom Holland, who just this week won the British Academy of Film And Television Arts (BAFTA) Rising Star Award.

The actor is currently the latest incarnation of Spiderman in the Marvel movie franchise. Pilgrimage also stars Richard Armitage (The Hobbit) and John Lynch (The Fall).

Backed by funding from the Irish Film Board and the Broadcasting Authority Of Ireland, Pilgrimage was filmed in Mayo and Galway in 2015.

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‘Pilgrimage’ starring Tom Holland & Richard Armitage to release to Irish Cinemas on July 14th

26 Jun 2017

Element Pictures Distribution is set to release the title, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017 and its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival on June 24th 2017.

The title will have its Irish premiere at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh on July 13th and Irish audiences will have the chance to catch it in cinemas the following day.

‘Pilgrimage’ boasts a stellar cast, including Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal and Richard Armitage. Holland will next be seen as Peter Parker in Marvel’s ‘Spider-man: Homecoming’. He also played Parker/Spider-Man in the hit Avengers movie ‘Captain America: Civil War’ this past year. Bernthal will next be seen in the Netflix Original Series Punisher in which he reprises his role of Frank Castle from Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’.

The film was written by Jamie Hannigan and was produced by Conor Barry and John Keville of Dublin-based production outfit Savage Productions and Benoit Roland of Wrong Men.

XYZ Films executive produced the film, with RLJ Entertainment taking domestic rights. The film was shot on location for over seven weeks on the West Coast of Ireland and the Ardennes Region of Belgium, and was developed with the assistance of the Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board and Creative Europe and was financed by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Wallimage, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance.


Brendan Muldowney, Director:

“I’m absolutely thrilled to have Element Pictures Distribution releasing Pilgrimage in Ireland. I’m delighted that Irish audiences will have a chance to see it in cinemas in July after its Irish premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh.”


Synopsis

‘Pilgrimage’ follows a small group of monks as they undertake a treacherous pilgrimage to escort their monastery’s holiest relic to Rome. But, as the true material, political and religious significance of the relic is revealed, the group’s journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger. Ultimately, the faith that binds the men together threatens to be the very same thing that will tear them apart.

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