He doesn't love them dogs. If you don't love a dog, you can't love nothin'.
From the moment 14-year old Donal sets eyes on the fawn greyhound, he knows he's onto a winner. Donal works at a kennels and convinces his boss that he can turn the dog into "a ball of speed" - and if he wins three races, then the dog belongs to Donal!
As he trains him, the bond between them grows, just like the bond between his mother and estranged father, who has returned home after many years away. All Donal wants is to keep the dog and restore family life, but he learns that he must make a huge sacrifice on the way.
Starring:
Robert Carlyle, Gillian Anderson, Ken Stott, Tyrone McKenna
Director:
Pearse Elliott
Producers:
Robert Walpole, Paddy Breathnach, Paddy McDonald
Screenplay:
Pearse Elliott
Executive Producers:
David M. Thompson, Tracey Scoffield, Mark Wood, Brendan McCarthy
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Credits summary:
±«Óãtv Films in association with Bord Scannan na hEireann/The Irish Film Board and The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission present A Treasure Entertainment Production
Certificate:
12A
Running time:
81 mins
Released:
26 August 2005
Out on DVD:
30 January 2006