Silver Screen: Fran the Man

12A84 min

Synopsis

When an Irish football club becomes embroiled in an international match-fixing scandal, their hapless assistant manager, Fran Costello (Darragh Humpreys), finds himself way out of his league.

Competing in the FAI Cup for the first time is a dream come true for Fran and his beloved amateur club St. Peter’s Celtic, but when Fran learns that some of his players have taken a bribe to fix the match, he turns detective in the hope of catching the rats. Everyone is a suspect in this hilarious whodunnit, and Fran’s life is further complicated by a slow-burning romance with Jackie Charlton - one of his player’s mothers. For someone who has used football to shy away from life, Fran is being catapulted headfirst into all it has to offer.

Written by Richie Conroy and directed by Stephen Bradley, this comedy mockumentary is based on the original TV show ‘Fran’ which aired on Setanta Sports and TV3 to much acclaim. Darragh Humphreys reprises his role of Fran Costello from the series and he is joined by an ensemble of Irish comedic talent including Ardal O’Hanlon, Amy Huberman, Risteárd Cooper, Toni O’Rourke and Deirdre O’Kane.