Broken Law

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Broken Law
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Film poster
Directed byPaddy Slattery
Written byPaddy Slattery
Produced by
  • Simon Doyle
  • Ian Hunt-Duffy
  • Shane Ryan
  • Paddy Slattery
Starring
CinematographyNarayan Van Maele
Edited byJohn Desay
Music byMichael Fleming
Production
companies
  • FailSafe Films
  • True Line Films
Distributed byBreak Out Pictures
Release dates
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

Broken Law (previously entitled Let Your Guard Down and The Broken Law of Attraction) [1] [2] is a 2020 Irish crime drama film directed by short film maker Paddy Slattery. [3] [4] It stars Tristan Heanue, John Connors and Gemma-Leah Devereux. [2] [5] It was the result of a crowd-funding initiative from Slattery. [1] [6] It premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival in 2020, with Slattery winning an Aer Lingus Discovery Award for his work. [7] [8] [9]

Contents

Plot

Dave Connolly is a respected member of An Garda Síochána but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help.

Cast

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