Barry Keoghan’s story sounds as if Hollywood’s screenwriters hit the keys themselves. In fact, it was written in Dublin, more precisely in the problem area of Summerhill. Battered by poverty and hopelessness, the borough has been in the headlines of Irish newspapers for some time. The violence that emanates from youth gangs there is particularly dramatic. One of Summerhill’s sons managed to get out of the neighborhood and into a Hollywood career. And that under the most adverse circumstances.
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