The Last Bus Home
1997Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawness of the era, this drama follows their tumultuous and ill-fated journey on the rocky road to success. It takes three long years of unpaid performing for Reena, her lover Jessop, bassist Joe and drummer Petie to make a name for The Dead Patriots. Just as they are about to find real success, internal difficulties arise that leave each of them suspicious and mistrustful of the other.
Acted in
Annie Ryan
as Reena
Brían F. O'Byrne
as Jessop
Anthony Brophy
as Billy
John Cronin
as Petie
Gemma Craven
as Reena's Mother
Brendan Coyle
as Steve Burkett
Eileen Walsh
as Carole
Donal O'Kelly
as Richie
Barry Comerford
as Joe
Garrett Keogh
as Reena's Father
Ann Marie Byrne
as Reena's Gran
Niall O'Brien
as Jessop's Father
David Wilmot
as Bus Conductor
David Carey
as Petie's Father
Anne Kent
as Petie's Mother
Kieran Hennessy
as Des