''The Second Death'' is a
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
Irish short film written and directed by
John Michael McDonagh, and starring
Liam Cunningham.
The film is McDonagh's film debut as both writer and director.
Plot
James Mangan (
Liam Cunningham), a
middle-aged alcoholic, returns from his local
pub when he hears a voice from his past and comes to realise he is doomed.
Cast
*
Liam Cunningham - James Mangan
*
Michelle Fairley
Michelle Fairley (born 1964–1965) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2013). She has since appeared in the USA Network series '' Suits'' (2013), the Fo ...
- Aisling
*
Aidan Gillen -
Pool player 1
* Owen Sharpe - Pool player 2
*
David Wilmot -
Chess player 1
*
Dermot Healy - Chess player 2
*
Gary Lydon
Gary Lydon is a British-Irish stage and screen actor from Northolt in England. He is known for playing the Garda Peadar Kearney in '' The Banshees of Inisherin''.
Lydon played Patrick Murray, the counsellor on RTÉ One's '' The Clinic'', from ...
- Gerry Stanton
* Roxanna Nic Liam - Helen Rainey (as Roxanna Williams)
Cunningham, Fairley, and Gillen would all later star together in ''
Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
''.
References
External links
''The Second Death'' (2000) - YouTube
Films directed by John Michael McDonagh
Films shot in the Republic of Ireland
Irish drama films
Irish short films
2000 short films
2000s English-language films
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