The Last of the High Kings

1h 42min

Drama

Comedy

It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.

Production Companies

Parallel Film Productions

Northolme

Nordisk Film Denmark

Cast

Jared Leto

Jared Leto

Frankie Griffin
Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Jack Griffin
Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

Cab Driver
Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

Jim Davern
Jason Barry

Jason Barry

Nelson Fitzgerald
Emily Mortimer

Emily Mortimer

Romy Thomas
Karl Hayden

Karl Hayden

Hopper Delaney
Ciarán Fitzgerald

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Noelie Griffin
Renee Weldon

Renee Weldon

Maggie Griffin
Darren Monks

Darren Monks

Davy Dudley
Peter Keating

Peter Keating

Ray Griffin
Alexandra Haughey

Alexandra Haughey

Dawn Griffin
Vincent Walsh

Vincent Walsh

Bobby Gallo

Release date

6th Dec 1996

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English