Of the 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland and three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue.

The Garden Cinema View:

Coming off a summer of Festival buzz, Kneecap (the fictionalised film account of their formation) is about to send Kneecap (the Irish-language rap group) stratospheric. Director Rich Peppiatt captures a Trainspotting-esque kinetic energy, albeit without Irvine Welsh's nihilism or judgement. Rather, Kneecap is cheerfully amoral, with likeable performances from the band as themselves. The narrative might be formulaic, but it breezes past on adrenaline (and drug) fuelled musical sequences that bring the action to joyous and exhilarating crescendos.

Cast:
Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, DJ Próvai, Michael Fassbender