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The Drummer and the Keeper (2017), directed and written by Nick Kelly, is a dramatic film about an uncanny friendship between a bipolar drummer of a rock band (Gabriel) and an institutionalized...
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Sep 8, 2017 · The Drummer and the Keeper: Directed by Nick Kelly. With Dermot Murphy, Jacob McCarthy, Adrian Hudson, Aoibhinn McGinnity. An unlikely friendship develops between the bipolar drummer of a rock band and an institutionalized teen living with Asperger's syndrome.
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Sep 7, 2017 · The Drummer and the Keeper review: airy, funny, optimistic and honest Nick Kelly’s deft film details the friendship between a bipolar rock musician and a teenager with Asperger syndrome
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Oct 16, 2018 · In the Irish film, The Drummer and The Keeper, we first meet Gabriel (Dermot Murphy), a drummer for an up-and-coming band, with his mental illness on full display. He’s setting fires and acting out and his family and bandmates finally urge him to get help.
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Full Review | Sep 7, 2017. Fionnuala Halligan Screen International. TOP CRITIC. Kelly is fearless in the way he tackles mental illness and his command of comic tone is strong, making this film...
THE VERDICT: ‘The Drummer And The Keeper’ is an impressive, quietly assured feature debut for writer / director Nick Kelly. Anyone who saw his 2010 short film ‘Shoe’ will remember the simple humanity of its message, that of holding on to hope when your life is on the rocks.
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Sep 8, 2017 · The Drummer and the Keeper – Film Review by Bridget Deevy. Director: Nick Kelly. Writer: Nick Kelly. Stars: Niamh Algar, Peter Coonan, Phelim Drew. Former musician Nick Kelly’s first feature, The Drummer and the Keeper, unsurprisingly has music as an anchoring presence from the start.