Uisce Beatha ('Whiskey / Water Of Life') - Multi Award-Winning Irish Titanic Short Film
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2015
- Set in 1912, 'Uisce Beatha' (Gaelic for Whiskey or Water Of Life) is the true story of Tom, a young Irish man who leaves his home in rural Ireland to cross the ocean on the ill-fated 'Titanic'. But a night of celebration beforehand results in a twist that will affect Tom's fate drastically....
WINNER: Filmmakers' Choice, DC Shorts Festival 2013
WINNER: ‘Made In Cork’ - Cork Film Festival 2012
WINNER: 3rd Place Audience Prize: Chicago Irish Film Festival 2013
NOMINATED: Best Drama - Healdsburg International Film Festival 2012
NOMINATED: Best Short Film / Best Director - Lewiston-Auburn Film Festival 2013
NOMINATED: Best Short Film - Julien Dubuque International Film Festival 2014
Official Selection:
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014
Helsinki Film Festival 2014
Raindance Film Festival 2013
Boston Film Festival 2012
San Francisco Irish Film Festival 2012
Fastnet Short Film Festival 2013
Waterford Film Festival 2013
Ford ‘8 Minutes’ competition
Dare Media Underground Short Film Festival 2012
Underground Cinema Film Festival 2012
Detours en Cinecourt 2012
RTE Shortscreen 2014
Starring Tadhg Hickey, Jack Healy, Martin Purcell and David Cooney
Written by Tadhg Hickey
Produced by Aideen Wylde
Directed, Shot and Edited by Shaun O' Connor
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Filmed on location in County Cork
This film was researched, written, cast, shot and edited in exactly one month, with a total budget of less than 300 euros. - Фільми й анімація
This is all about father and son love. Just wonderful, the young man was ashamed for having lost the boat while the father was all in joy for not having lost his only son.
This is exactly the same story my mother told of her uncle, leaving a tearful family in Abbeyleix he headed to Cork to catch the Titanic, meeting up with friends in Cork, he got drunk and missed the boat, ashamed to go home he turned up at my Great Grannys house like a ghost after the news broke. I wonder how many other young men had the same good fortune at this time!
Wow!!
Wonderful!
A friend's great uncle did the same.
A fondness for the drink rarely saved a life but on this occasion...
What a gem of a show, this proves that quality doesn't have to cost a fortune.
RIP Martin Purcell, who played the barman. He was an excellent singer and had an upbeat demeanor about him. Not to mention his wit.
He will be missed.
Thank you Shaun . I will extend that to his wife and family.
On a scale of 1-10, an absolute 10,
Tears here........
Beautiful. Bears the weight and emotion of the prodigal son story.
So wonderful. I blundered across this film two or three days ago and have already watched it several times. I particularly like the performance of the actor who plays the father. He has a perpetual scowl on his face and a sharp tongue for his son. Before the boy goes away, the father reaches out to embrace him or at least place an affectionate hand on his shoulder, but can't bring himself to do it. Later he's devastated when he believes his son is dead. Then Tom miraculously returns, and the father can't believe it. He reaches out to touch the boy, as if to make sure he's not a ghost, and it makes that long, slow embrace that closes the film so poignant. Just marvelous!
The whiskey was truly "the breath of life"!
3.5 thousand likes in 8 years for this little gem. A video of a cat falling of a table gets hundreds of thousands of likes. Is the world unjust or just tasteless and trivialised beyond belief. It’s hard to say, but what can you do?
Wow! I watched this short film while breakfast and It makes me smiled at how God blessing for this young man fate. Ah....Go home, son, your old man needs you more🌹
By god that’s well written and well shot, well done, there’s something romantic abs Irish father and son relationship even tho we don’t know how to show it in real life
By far a superior film than anything out of Hollywood these days, thumbs up.
A great work of art says a lot with very little... In this case, an eight minute film is more powerful than some two-hour Hollywood tripe.
I don't know how many times I've watched this now, but I cry every time. What a beautiful creation.
Truth be told....had me in tears.
And me as well, having lived in Ireland for 8 years!
Didn't read the description before I started watching. As soon as I saw 'White Star' on his ticket, it hit me. Well done.
Absolutely brilliant! Apart from the reference to the ill-fated Titanic, it is a kind of re-interpretation of the return of the prodigal son motive. Love it ❤
Authentic, touching, vivid and superbly executed.
Studying this film for my English class our teacher showed it to us today. Loved it and absolutely brilliant. Well done!
Great movie!! Deserved all the awards!!
Reminds me of an old chinese tale that bad things could turn out good, but good things turn out bad as well.
Very easy to understand, yet very emotionally acted story with a light philosophical touch
I come back to watch this every now and again. The end always makes me shed a tear or two, in that soul-cleansing happy way. Fantastic work Mr. O' Connor.
That wink and admonition is everything about my ancestral homeland. Everything.
Ive only just stumbled across it but great work. The end should hit anyone but especially anyone who's a Father.
That was brilliant. A very well made film. Touching, it reminded me of my Grandpa Pat Joe, whose farm I would work at in the summers in County Leitrim. Tough Old IRA man and strong farmer. Never touched a drink in his life as he was a member of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart. But always had Guinness and cider along with the lemonade or ginger ale when he hosted a seisiun at his home. I never saw him hug my old man or kiss my Grandma but he had love in his heart for us all. Just hard for him to show it. Like Tom's Da.
Thanks Patrick, glad to hear you enjoyed it
Your grandpa was a tough IRA man. The "old" part is only a media invention to allow southern poiticians be hypocrites. There was never any such thing.
Such a simple idea, the type one comes up with on a bar having a drink wirh friends. Great execution, little details, tough love becomes real.
I love this film. I use it with my English students to talk about Ireland in general and then to practise conditional sentences, like 'What would have happend if...' Top stuff!
A truly great example of the bad decisions most of us make at a young age, and it doesn't hurt to tell kids growing up how to avoid the stupid times, and know what matters. This little film was beautiful !
The Irish version of The Prodigal Son... Well done
Well said
Wow, really didn’t realize I’d be sobbing like a baby after a story of only 7.5 minutes. Good job, there.
Have to admit I shed a tear or 2, beautiful short story.
Aye, well done, indeed!
I rate all movies by the cry factor and that was, if not the longest in duration, was the fastest to happen! Well done.
His father said that the drink would be the end of him. The drink was what actually saved him.
Why would you spoil the movie and show up as the bleeding top comment?
That’s why Whiskey is the water of life!
Ironic
Simple and beautifully impactful story.
Beautiful story, it gave me goosebumps at the end. Irony after irony, and that lovely Iilting Irish brogue.
Beautiful story
Loved it!
Great work of art! i love the scene on the train, the way you make appear the abstraction of the character in the silence of the conversation between the two old mens, and the flat on movement of what is outside the windows to reinforce the idea. You make me almost smell the green of the fields, and revive my passage on Ireland when i was walking Europe. Really Great Work! Rregards frome a starting cinema director in Uruguay!
Holy shit, I task any father to watch this and not shed a tear... Brilliant!
My favorite short film, a masterpiece..
Roman Zahin Thank you!
It's inspired me to make short film, i'll start soon in my country Bangladesh!
have you watch "the call" ?
a 4 min. short film. try it
Definitely
k, i am from Venezuela, i have a bout 2 years traveling in Latinoamerica, loocking for jobs (to get some money for me and my family -Father, Mother, Sister and my Grandma-), and to meet many places, people and food, this travel so far has been fcking amazing, i have meet many people from all kind of countries even from places i never heard off, but by these days, i miss so much my family, i miss so much the long talks with my father, i miss so much the warm hugs and food of my mother, i miss so much the smile of my sister and the long walks with my grandma, i miss the beaches of my country, i miss the cofe, but i wont get back till i get my ass to Europe, just few places loocking in this wonderfully made video makes me want to go there so hard.
The last escene just break a lil my heart, but was indeed very strong and beatifull, i hope my father awaits for me a lil longer. Thanks so much for this beattiful sorty.
I am afraid you haven't learned enough from this story if you postpone seeing your family as it might be too late
Absolutely brilliant and beautiful.... and yes a good whiskey can save your life!
Tears in my eyes at the end! What a fantastic short film. The young man had a great singing voice too.
Yes he did
Fantastic acting, and beautifully shot, but I can't help but feel like there was just a tiny missed opportunity! Would have been such a crazy twist if you gave no one any indication the boat he was boarding was the titanic, and then make sure no one mentioned it directly by name until the very end! Buuuut whatever doesn't even matter really, very well done!
This is by far the greatest short film I have ever seen, fantastic job
So do i
Powerful ! So many layers to it. Powerful.
Just now seeing this. What a great film.
Im not crying, thank god for the whiskey
Beautifully done. So sad, yet so wonderful to watch. Thank you for sharing :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a wonderful narrative and the production values were tops.
Produces a very lasting after taste.
Bloody hell. That pulls at your heart don't it? Thank you.
It brought tears to my eyes my uncle died in that he was a great captain of the ship
Wat an absolute king I solute ur mom
Ur a strong man
As an Irish American, having spent 8 years living in Co. Clare where we own a cottage on Galway Bay, I will say this was just wonderful! I, too, had tears in my eyes, as I know too well the emotions involved! What a masterpiece! WELL DONE and thank you!
What a beautiful film, we boozers get it right some of the time!!
I agree
That was so sweet... 💚🍀
deserved all the awards it got beautiful piece of film, thanks for sharing
Extremely beautiful.
Wonderful
I'll drink to this!
Sublime, from the beginning to the extremely emotional ending. Fantastic. Thank you
a grand story!
Wow, this was something else. 8 min of pure joy.
what a lovely piece of art u have there! tnk u ❤
Thank you for this touching short.
Lovely take on the Prodigal Son.
Yes
Heart-wrenching yet uplifting!😊👍
Loved it, mate!
love the fact he had no idea what is going on or what happened lol
Beautiful.
Great film lad, keep up the good work!
Very beautiful movie, I loved it.
Very good. Enjoyed that a lot!!
Well done. Very well done.
Brilliant !!!
Now that brings a tear...
Amazing!
Oh, it was a wonderful film it was!
Wonderful!!
beautiful work well done
I finally found it again! Omg
beautiful
Great Story!
Nice film.... Thanks
Wonderful work , beautifully told story
+Adrian Heffernan Thanks Adrian!
Excellent. Final scenes with father waiting for the son, brings the Bible story of The Prodigal Son to mind.
joekilgobinet
Yes! That is just what I was thinking.
Amazing! My love to Ireland! Is breá liom Éire ❤
Do you know your cousin Ruadrí in Belfast? He has some testimony in here with your Cousin Garrett and Sinéad. It is about remembering Kinsale for some silly nonsense reason.
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😢 beautiful
love it!
That's a good one !!!
Big league pitcher Tug McGraw once quipped, “Ninety percent I'll spend on good times... and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
great, really enjoyed it.
Lindo! Belas locações, trilha sonora especial, ótimas atuações e direção. Maravilhoso o roteiro! Amei!
I love it.
Big love from Kildare ☘
Oh so good...
Brilliant Tadgh
aww that made me teary
Grand!
Sometimes your biggest mistake is the best twist of fate.
best you tube video I have ever found. Thank you.
Really?! 'Cause there's this one, where a kid dressed like a zombie, sort of, says: "I like turtles" to a reporter. Oh man... OH MAN!
The heading has a spoiler that hints at the twist of a great short film. I saw it first at the Chicago Irish Film Festival.
Lovely Film, very well shot Shaun, and congrats on all your awards/selections.
I've watched it several times....now I'm aware you didn't write this, but there was always something that didn't sit right with me. It's the fact that Tom doesn't have an antagonist...and by that I mean an ever present and one capable of constantly attacking Tom's weaknesses...because bear in mind he has two types of needs: psychological and moral (his drink problem and his unwillingness to help his father on the farm, respectively) and the only way to bring change deeply in Tom by the end of the story is if he challenges and changes his basic beliefs...or in other words his values, this is the role of the antagonist as I'm sure you're aware of.
Now you may say "well he avoided death...that's a revelation to bring about change" short term maybe but NOT long term, unless he is forced to address the values that are effecting his and other peoples lives and challenge them in a strong and direct way then change in a person won't happen. We're creatures of habit until we are forced to deal with our problems in a real and meaningful way....which in story world occurs during the battle (physical or verbal) between the hero and the antagonist.....but unfortunately not here...and it's a shame because the father would of been a perfect opponent...he seems to know Tom better than he does, because of this I personally couldn't invest in Tom changing as a person or feel an arc occuring.
Now you could also say "well some characters get worse in films or are oblivious to what is going on"....but that is always after they've been subjected to what I mentioned above in order to reinforce the fact they can never change or get worse.....think 'The Godfather', 'Memento', 'Chinatown'.
Additionally, the beliefs of the hero have no meaning and do not get expressed unless they come into conflict with the beliefs of other characters...namely the opponent. Again very well done....just my opinion.
Richard Desmond
Yes it was a great short film! It is very similar to the prodigal son in the Bible.
Lovely