Calm with Horses
Overview
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
- Production
- DMC Film, Film4 Productions, Element Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
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Cast
Cosmo Jarvis
Arm
Barry Keoghan
Dympna
Niamh Algar
Ursula
Ned Dennehy
Paudi
Kiljan Moroney
Jack
Brid Brennan
Maire Mirkin
Liam Carney
Fannigan
Simone Kirby
June
Anthony Welsh
Rob
David Wilmot
Hector
Brian Doherty
Larry
Roisin O'Neill
Fatima
Toni O'Rourke
Lisa
Hazel Doupe
Charlie
Ally Ní Chiárain
Mrs Dory
Ryan McParland
Needles
Mark P. O'Connor
Bar Fly (uncredited)
Stephen McDade
Limerick Thug (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Nick Rowland
- Writers
- Joseph Murtagh
- Cinematography
- Piers McGrail
- Composer
- Benjamin John Power
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SWITCH.
December 5, 2020
'Calm with Horses' is definitely engrossing and heavy shit. There's some savage inner violence going on within the main character; the barbarity on the screen can't match the turmoil that's going on in his head. It's a strikingly accomplished portrait of a broken soul hauling himself back up from rock bottom. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-calm-with-horses-a-savage-and-sensitive-irish-crime-drama
CinemaSerf
May 29, 2025
Ned Dennehy is one of those character actors who never really owns a film but always make quite an impression - especially if his part requires a degree of menacing unpleasantness. Well here he delivers that in spades as we follow the life of his enforcer “Arm” (Cosmo Jarvis). He has been instructed to deal with a former family affiliate who has raped one of his “Devers” family. Thing is, though, “Arm” is a violent man - a former boxer who is no stranger to prison - but he isn’t a killer. Indeed…