When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low-life scum’ Naoise & Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, KNEECAP fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights movement to save their mother tongue. But the trio must first overcome police, paramilitaries and politicians trying to silence their defiant sound – whilst their anarchic approach to life often makes them their own worst enemies. In this fiercely original sex, drugs, and hip-hop biopic, KNEECAP play themselves with Academy Award Nominee Michael Fassbender in tow, laying down a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.

Directed by Rich Peppiatt | 104 mins | Cert 16 | Irish & English language

Nuair a fhágann an chinniúint go gcastar JJ, múinteoir i mBéal Feirste, le Naoise & Liam, beirt a thugann ‘cacamas an tsaoil’ orthu féin, saolaítear grúpa hip hap nach bhfacthas a leithéid riamh roimhe. Agus iad ag rapáil leo ina dteanga dhúchais féin – an Ghaeilge – ní fada, más iontach féin é, go bhfuil siad ar thús cadhnaíochta i ngluaiseacht na gCeart Sibhialta leis an teanga a shábháil. Ach tá na póilíní, na paraimíleataigh agus na polaiteoirí le sárú acu ar dtús – dreamanna atá ag iarraidh a gcuid dánachta a chur faoi chois. Ach bíonn siad ag tarraingt trioblóide orthu féin chomh maith leis an chur chuige ainrialta atá acu. Scannán uathúil go smior é atá lán le gnéas, drugaí agus hip hap. Is iad baill KNEECAP féin atá i mbun aisteoireachta i gcuideachta Michael Fassbender, aisteoir a ainmníodh do Dhuais Acadaimh, agus iad ag seasamh an fhóid ar son na gcultúr bundúchasach ar fud an domhain.

Arna stiúradh ag Rich Peppiatt | 104 nóim | Teastas 16 | Gaeilge & Béarla

★★★★ “Shot in much (ahem) orange streetlight, the film has the momentum of a hopped-up joyride.” – Donald Clarke, The Irish Times.

”Where else would the memory of severe generation-spanning trauma produce humour of such calibre?” – Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

Presented in association with Access Cinema and Europa Cinemas