'Maybe this place has got more lessons for the rest of the world than the world had for us previously' - Paddy Kielty was on the red carpet for the premiere of BallywalterFilm in Belfast
Kielty plays Shane, who enrols on a stand-up comedy course to help get his life back on track after his marriage breaks downA new film starring County Down-born comedian and presenter Patrick Kielty had its world premiere in Belfast on Thursday.Kielty has acted on stage before but this is his first feature-film role.
Locations featured in the film include Belfast's Great Victoria Street, the Sunflower Pub, the Ulster Sports Club and the Empire Music Hall on Botanic Avenue.Stand-up comedy also features in the plot of Ballywalter, which was shot in December 2020 and January 2021.Kielty plays Shane, who is struggling after the breakdown of his marriage and tries to get his life back on track by enrolling on a 12-week stand-up comedy course.
Both are living in quiet despair, but as Eileen and Shane share the weekly 25-mile journey between Ballywalter and Belfast they find out more about each other and their friendship develops."Not yet," Shane replies."I don't know," he replies. "Challenge, do something that scares you, dance like no-one's watching you, etcetera - that's what the head doctors say.
"She ends up driving her boyfriend's taxi and she ends up picking up my character, Shane, who's hiding out in Ballywalter - he's got a secret. Kielty recently told the US film and TV website Deadline that Shane and Eileen's relationship reflected a lot about Northern Ireland.
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