Riverbank Arts Centre, Main Street, Newbridge, Co.Kildare

Stella Days, starring Martin Sheen, is a story of a man whose love is the church
and whose passion is the cinema. Set in the rural community of Borrisokane,
County Tipperary in the mid 1950s - it views a world on the cusp of the modern
era, a time stimulating both excitement and apprehension.
 
Produced by Jackie Larkin, Lesley McKimm and Maggie Pope, co-produced by
Stein B Kvae and Finn Gjerdrum, and directed by Thaddeus OʼSullivan, Stella
Days was written for the screen by Antoine O Flatharta and based on the memoir
Stella Days: The Life and Times of a Rural Irish Cinema by Michael Doorley.
John Christian Rosenlund is the cinematographer and the original music is by
Nicholas Hooper. Anna Rackard is the production designer and the costume
designer is Judith Williams. Dermot Diskin is the editor.
 
In addition to Martin Sheen as Father Barry, Stella Days stars Stephen Rea as
Brendan McSweeney and Tom Hickey as Bishop Hegerty. Trystan Gravelle
plays Tim, Marcella Plunkett plays Molly and Amy Huberman plays Eileen.