[SXSW '12 Interview] Ciarán Foy Talks Feral Youths, Agoraphobia, Cronenberg And ‘Citadel’

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Posted by EvanDickson on March 13, 2012 @ 9:14pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Citadel recently premiered at the SXSW Film Festival to near universal praise. The Irish/UK co-production is directed by hot new writer-director Ciarán Foy. The film features Aneurin Barnard (Ironclad, Hunky Dory, Guinea Pigs) in the lead role of Tommy, alongside Scotland’s finest, James Cosmo (Braveheart, Troy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Runway) in the role of The Priest, and Wunmi Mosuka (I am Slave, One Night in Emergency) as Marie. Co-stars include Ingrid Craigie and Amy Shiels.

I recently hopped on the phone with Foy to discuss the film, including the intense personal experience that provided the genesis for one of the film’s central themes.

“The dilapidated suburbia of Edenstown casts a shadow over Tommy Cowley’s life. Trapped there by his agoraphobia since his wife was fatally attacked by twisted feral children, he now finds himself terrorized by the same mysterious hooded gang, who seem intent on taking his baby daughter. Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, he discovers that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place that he fears the most…the abandoned tower block known as the CITADEL.”

Check out the interview after the jump! READ MORE