Holy Water (film)

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Holy Water
Directed byTom Reeve
Screenplay byCaroline O'Meara
Tom Reeve
Story byMichael O'Mahony
Produced byNick Napier-Bell
Duncan Napier-Bell
Romain Schroeder
Frank Konigsberg
Starring
CinematographyJoost van Starrenburg
Edited byAdrian Murray
Sean Barton
Music byFranco Tortora
Tom Batoy
Production
companies
  • Eyeline Entertainment [1]
  • Atlantic Film Distributors [1]
  • Centurion Entertainment Limited [1]
  • Idiom Films [1]
Distributed byCenturion Entertainment (United Kingdom) [2]
Release dates
  • July 2009 (2009-07)(Notting Hill Film Festival)
  • 5 February 2010 (2010-02-05)(United Kingdom)
Running time
89 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom [1]
  • United States [1]
LanguageEnglish

Holy Water (also known as Hard Times) is a 2009 sex comedy film directed by Tom Reeve and starring John Lynch, Linda Hamilton, Cornelius Clarke and Lochlainn O'Mearain. It tells the story of a group of men in a rural Irish village who hijack a truck containing Viagra with the intention of selling the drug in Amsterdam.

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Plot

Set in Ulster, four friends living in the tiny village of Killcoulin's Leap (once known for its spa and holy well) are tired of just scraping by. Soon to be laid-off, postman Podger comes up with the plan to hijack a truck carrying a load of Viagra and then unload it in Amsterdam.

Donal and Sean dress up as road workers and Podger and Thomas as nuns. Successfully commandeering the Pfizer truck, they find a transponder and throw it into a current bound for the Atlantic. The four at first believe they got away with it, however, American investigator Cory Williams has shown up to find the missing little blue tablets. In a panic, the friends hide the stash down the Well of the Virgin Mary, the water source for the entire town.

While the four are having their morning tea in Thomas’ hotel, both the private security company investigators and a news crew check in. The four head in search of the transponder to wipe it of prints and send it on. The investigators interrogate them shortly after they do so, but let the group go.

Sean had gone to confession, essentially broadcasting to the whole town their heist, as the priest is chatty after a drink. That night, the four are summoned to the pub. The entire parish knows and promises to keep quiet. Three months later, Killcoulin's Leap is thriving, thanks to publicity about their ‘magical waters’.

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Holy Water". British Film Institute . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Holy Water". British Board of Film Classification . Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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