''Kissing Candice'' is a 2017 Irish
drama film
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directed by
Aoife McArdle
Aoife McArdle ( ) is an Irish director, writer, and cinematographer working in film and television.
Early life
Aoife McArdle grew up in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
She studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin where, alongside cr ...
and starring
Ann Skelly.
It was screened in the Discovery section at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 September 2017. There were fourteen programmes, with the Vanguard and City to City programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down b ...
and had its European premiere at the
Berlin International Film Festival in February 2018.
Cast
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Ann Skelly as Candice
* Ryan Lincoln as Jacob
* Conall Keating as Dermot
* Ryan McParland as Conor
* Caitriona Ennis as Martha
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John Lynch as Donal
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Jack Nolan as Wolfman
* Tony Doyle as Sharkey
* Maghnús Foy as Monk
* James Greene as Maguire
* Seaghán Óg O'Neill as Aaron
* Jason Cullen as Caleb
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Kwaku Fortune
Kwaku Fortune is an Irish actor.
Early life and education
Fortune is from Roundwood, County Wicklow. He is of Ghanaian descent on his mother's side. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin ...
as Finn
Reception
The film holds an approval rating of 71% on
Rotten Tomatoes
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, based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10.
Peter Bradshaw of ''
The Guardian
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'' said, "Aoife McArdle's tale of a teenager rescued in reality by a stranger from her fantasies is an audacious delight." ''
Hot Press'' wrote, "At once raw and stylised, dreamlike and terrifyingly real, Kissing Candice is a bleak portrait of Ireland, but a compelling one." Sinead McCausland of ''
Film School Rejects
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The site was nominated for Best News Blog by ''Total Film'' magazine and na ...
'' wrote, "For a film so assured, stylised and well paced, McArdle has certainly made an impressive, and memorable, debut."
Controversy
Even though it screened as part of the Generation 14plus section at the 2018
Berlinale, the film was given an 18 certificate by the
Irish Film Classification Office
The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) ( ga, Oifig Aicmithe Scannán na hÉireann, OASÉ) is the organisation responsible for films, television programmes, and some video game classification and censorship within Republic of Ireland, Irel ...
. The film was given a 15 rating in the United Kingdom.
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2017 films
2017 drama films
Irish drama films
English-language Irish films
2010s English-language films