As the Beast Sleeps

02/03/2002

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1hr 15min

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Drama

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Stuart Graham
  • Patrick O'Kane
  • Laine Megaw
  • Daniel McGrady
  • Conor Grimes

    Directors

  • Barry Keil
  • Harry Bradbeer

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC Northern Ireland

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English