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Colin Farrell, in a scene from ‘The Lobster’
A FILM that was shot in south Kerry has won a top award at the Cannes Film Festival.
‘The Lobster’, which was shot in Sneem and Kenmare last year and stars Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and John C Reilly won the Jury Prize at the French film festival.
The Jury Prize, is considered the third-most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d’Or and the Grand Prix. The award is chosen by the Jury from the official section of movies at the festival.
During filming of ‘The Lobster’, Colin Farrell was spotted visiting Trelee Omniplex to take enjoy movie.
The film, with a somewhat quirky plot centres around the need for single people to find a partner in 45 days, if they fail to find someone before that time they will face the consequence of being turned into an animal.
The Lobster is due for release on October 16. See trailer below…
