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As the Beast Sleeps (2002)

When the political leadership of the Ulster Defence Association bans paramilitary activity, the teams groomed for fighting face a drastic change in lifestyle.

Kyle is loyal to his wife, his best mate and his boss in the Ulster Defence Union – and they love him as a husband, a brother and a son – but, with changing times and the emerging peace process, Kyle finds himself lost in the shadows of transition, uncertainty, and betrayal. In a world turned upside down, peace and brutality walk side-by-side, while love and loyalty are sacrificed to the new order. "As the Beast Sleeps" is set in Belfast's Protestant Rathcoole housing estate and explores with an up-to-the-minute urgency, the fragmentation within an extended family of loyalists in the context of the current cease-fire.

Release: 2002-02-03
Runtime: 75 min
Cast
Stuart Graham
Stuart Graham
Kyle
Patrick O'Kane
Patrick O'Kane
Freddie
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Laine Megaw
Sandra
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Daniel McGrady
Joe
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Conor Grimes
Dougie
Alan McKee
Alan McKee
Mac
Lalor Roddy
Lalor Roddy
Heck
Gerard Jordan
Gerard Jordan
Soup
Michael Liebman
Michael Liebman
Bap
Packy Lee
Packy Lee
Wee Rab
Frank McCusker
Frank McCusker
Bap
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Moya O'Hara
Sadie
Sean Kearns
Sean Kearns
Norman
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Dick Holland
Herbie
Colum Convey
Colum Convey
Larry
David Hayman
David Hayman
Alec
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Tom Magill
Al
Tom Collins
Tom Collins
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