Synopsis

"8.5 Hours" is an award-winning feature drama about one extraordinary day in the lives of four Dublin office workers
during the final months of Ireland's Celtic Tiger years. A controversial mix of intense drama and some very black comedy, it depicts the personal lives of four workers in a
small software company spiralling out of control throughout the course of one working day from 9.00 to 5.30, the 8.5
hours of the title. Sexually charged and constantly surprising, the story relentlessly twists and turns and builds to a series of haunting and unforgettable resolutions.

What the press said about 8.5 Hours:

"...THE BEST IRISH FILM IN YEARS."
- Irish Connections Magazine

"8.5 HOURS IS DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED"
- Irish Examiner USA

"IT'S A GOOD FILM"
- RTE Radio 1: Arena

"THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, IT'S A REALLY GOOD MOVIE..."
- Galway Bay FM: Gary Kelly Show

"8.5 HOURS IS AN AMBITIOUS IDEA ON A TINY BUDGET. WRITER/DIRECTOR BRIAN LALLY DOES A GOOD JOB..."
- Sunday Independent

"... SUPERBLY CRAFTED, ACTED AND DELIVERS THE DRAMATIC GOODS ON SEVERAL FRONTS..."
- Irish American News

"... A REALLY BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT..."
- Today FM: The Last Word

"... STRONG PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT... SPRAWLING... EPIC... EVOCATIVE... AND DISARMINGLY DARK"
- Eye For Film