Night Boat to Tangier
Section: Market
Director: James Marsh
Screenwriter: Kevin Barry
Panelist: James Marsh
Logline: Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson play two Irish gangsters, both in the hashish-smuggling game, who go to Algeciras in Spain to search for a young woman.
Premiere date: 2024
Key quotes: “It’s not quite what you expect it to be in terms of the usual tropes of the gangster film. It has, I guess, some similarity to Sexy Beast: you’ve got these two Irish guys, and you see them in Ireland and you see them in Spain. They’re like fish out of water, to say the least. It becomes a series of love stories, ultimately. It’s a realistic film, not an ironic, cartoonish gangster film. The dialogue between the two is very funny, so it will definitely make you laugh, but I think it’ll break your heart as well. And along the way, there’s lots of action to enjoy. Some violence to savor, if you like that sort of thing!”
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