The Flats

Plassert på toppen av en boligblokk i den katolske arbeiderklassebydelen New Lodge i Belfast, er dette stedet hvor Joe har bestemt seg for å gjenskape minner fra barndommen, som var sterkt preget av den væpnede konflikten i Nord-Irland. Den såkalte perioden The Troubles varte fra 1960-tallet til 1998. Fast bestemt på å mane frem fortiden for å finne fred, gjenskaper han onkelens våkenatt med hjelp fra sine naboer, Jolene, Angie og Sean. Filmskaper Alessandra Celesia har samlet en rollebesetning bestående av karakterer som alle har blitt direkte berørt av dette blodige kapittelet i historien, eller indirekte som følge av dets konsekvenser.

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Strange things are happening in Joe's flat. A run-down apartment block in Belfast becomes a haunted inner landscape in a dark, cinematic film where the echoes of the conflict in Northern Ireland still reverberate in the corridors.

"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children." A masterful ensemble film and a powerful work of love built on the still-smouldering ashes of the past.

Situated at the top of a tower block in the working-class Catholic district of New Lodge in Belfast, Joe has decided to recreate memories of his childhood, which was heavily affected by the armed conflict in Northern Ireland. The so-called Troubles lasted from the 1960s until 1998. Determined to summon the past to find peace, he re-enacts his uncle's wake with the help of his neighbours, Jolene, Angie and Sean. Filmmaker Alessandra Celesia has brought together a cast of characters who have all been directly affected by this bloody chapter of history or indirectly due to its consequences.