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The Last of the High Kings

1996 · 102 min

A gentle, nostalgic summer comedy-drama about teenage awkwardness and family eccentricities, easy to watch and warmly amusing.

Directed by
David Keating
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Tagline
When school ends... and life begins.
Overview
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.

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Directed by
David Keating
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • love
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
David Keating
Written by
David Keating, Gabriel Byrne
Starring
Jared Leto, Catherine O'Hara, Christina Ricci, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea, Colm Meaney, Lorraine Pilkington, Jason Barry
Cinematography
Bernd Heinl
Runtime
102 min
Country
Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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