You find true friendship in the craziest of places! Gabriel is a chaotic young rock drummer desperate to hide his recent bipolar diagnosis from his increasingly exasperated bandmates. When forced to bond with Christopher, an institutionalised 17-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome, it results in a very unlikely friendship!
-Galway Film Fleadh 2017
“An uplifting comedic story of an unlikely friendship between Gabriel, a rock ‘n’ roll party animal with bipolar disorder and an institutionalised goalkeeper who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome.”
— Scannain.com
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The Drummer and the Keeper
Dir: Nick Kelly Ireland 2017 92 mins Cert: PG
Language: English
Starring: Dermot Murphy, Jacob McCarthy, Kelly and Peter Coonan