''Anton'' is a 2008 Irish

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directed by

Graham Cantwell Graham Cantwell (born 25 March 1974) is an Irish film and television director. He is best known for directing feature film Anton which achieved a three-week domestic cinema release and was nominated for three Irish Film and Television Awards ...

. It stars

Anthony Fox Anthony Fox is an Republic of Ireland, Irish writer, producer, director, actor and founder of the New Theatre, Dublin. Originally from County Cavan, Fox left Ireland in 1992 to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Studio in London From there he ...

as Anton, a man drawn into the troubles along the Northern Ireland Border in 1972. The film also features

Gerard McSorley Gerard McSorley (Irish: Gearóid Mac Somhairle; born 1 January 1950) is an Irish theatre, television and film actor. Early life He was born in the County Tyrone town of Omagh and, after attending a Christian Brothers school in his hometown, ...

, Laura Way, Vincent Fegan, Andy Smith and Ronan Wilmot. The film was written for the screen by Anthony Fox. ''Anton'' was produced by

Patrick Clarke Patrick Clarke is an Irish writer, director, producer and actor. Clarke co-wrote and produced his first feature '' Beyond the Pale'' in 1999. Based on actual events, the immigrant drama was a commercial success in Ireland, Australia and the U ...

and Anthony Fox. EastWest Film Distribution and High Fliers Films released the film to theatres in Ireland and the UK on October 8, 2008. ''Anton'' was released in territories outside of Ireland under the title, ''Trapped''. The film was nominated for 3

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in 2009. The theme song, ''One'' was written and performed by Greg Pearle,

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and

Paul Brady Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. Initially popular for playing ...

Plot

When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved home in County Cavan. Anton’s attempts to create a life for himself and his young family are violently interrupted when his experience with explosives attracts the attention of dangerous subversives. Drawn into this illicit world against the wishes of his family, he is forced to choose between the woman he loves and the justice he believes in, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of Lynch, a corrupt detective hell bent on framing him. Falsely imprisoned, he engineers his escape and flees to Paris, but when he returns to salvage his original dream the scene is set for a final confrontation with his former comrades

Cast

as Detective Lynch *

as Anton * Laura Way as Maria * Ronan Wilmott as Johnny * Andy Smith as Brendan * Cillian Roche as Edward * Vincent Fegan as Diarmuid * Griet Van Damme as Sophie * Rachel Rath as Detective Byrne *

Richard Wall Richard Wall (born in Ballybunion, County Kerry) is an Irish film, television and theatre actor. He is known for roles such as Robert Power in TV series ''The House'' and also Sgt. Thornton in the IFTA nominated ''Anton'' After completing his ...

as Detective Thornton * Rory Mullen as Detective Flynn * Sean Stewart as Steven *

as Barrister Macken *

Emmett J. Scanlan Emmett John Scanlan (born 31 January 1979) is an Irish actor. He is best known for playing Brendan Brady in '' Hollyoaks''. He appeared in the BBC Two drama ''The Fall'' in 2013 and 2014, Peaky Blinders Series 5 and Series 6, and '' Breakdown' ...

as Prison Officer McMahon

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*{{IMDb title , id= 0929730 , title= Anton 2008 films 2008 action thriller films Irish action thriller films 2000s English-language films English-language Irish films