As the Beast Sleeps (2002): cast, story & where to watch
2002 · Film
Released in 2002, As the Beast Sleeps is a notable film directed by Harry Bradbeer.
What it’s about. 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.
Who’s in it. As the Beast Sleeps stars Stuart Graham as Kyle, Patrick O'Kane as Freddie, Lalor Roddy as Heck and Gerard Jordan as Soup, among others.
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- Where can I watch As the Beast Sleeps (2002)?
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- Who stars in As the Beast Sleeps?
- As the Beast Sleeps stars Stuart Graham, Patrick O'Kane, Lalor Roddy, Gerard Jordan and Michael Liebmann.