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As the Beast Sleeps

02/03/2002

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1hr 15min

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Drama

,TV Movie

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

  • Harry Bradbeer
  • Barry Keil

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC Northern Ireland

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Stuart Graham

Kyle

Patrick O'Kane

Freddie

Laine Megaw

Sandra

Daniel McGrady

Joe

Conor Grimes

Dougie

Alan McKee

Mac

Lalor Roddy

Heck

Gerard Jordan

Soup

Michael Liebman

Bap

Packy Lee

Wee Rab