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Calm with Horses
MEANRANK
70/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 80, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A former boxer named Arm works as an enforcer for a drug-dealing family in a bleak Irish town. Torn between his loyalty to the violent clan and his desire to be a good father to his autistic son, Arm is constantly pressured to commit increasingly brutal acts. When the family orders him to carry out a terrible task, he is pushed to a breaking point, forcing him to choose between the only life he's known and the hope of a better future for his child.
Details
- Director
- Nick Rowland
- Writer
- Joseph Murtagh
- Released
- 13 March 2020
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →1 win from 19 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| British Academy Film Awards 2021 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Niamh Algar | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2021 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2021 | Best Casting | Shaheen Baig | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2021 | Outstanding British Film | Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson and Joe Murtagh | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Niamh Algar | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2021 | Most Promising Newcomer | Niamh Algar | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2021 | The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) | Nick Rowland | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2021 | Best Debut Screenwriter | Joe Murtagh | Nominee |
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19 awards — Calm with Horses
×| Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film | Niamh Algar | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
| Best Film (2020) | Calm with Horses | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Damien Creagh | Nominee |
| Best Script | Joe Murtagh | Nominee |
| Best British Independent Film | Nick Rowland, Joe Murtagh and Daniel Emmerson | Nominee |
| Best Casting | Shaheen Baig | Nominee |
| Best Debut Screenwriter | Joe Murtagh | Nominee |
| Best Director | Nick Rowland | Nominee |
| Best Performance by an Actor | Cosmo Jarvis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Niamh Algar | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Producer | Daniel Emmerson | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer | Niamh Algar | Nominee |
| The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) | Nick Rowland | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Barry Keoghan | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Niamh Algar | Nominee |
| Best Casting | Shaheen Baig | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | Nick Rowland, Daniel Emmerson and Joe Murtagh | Nominee |