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Feature film — 2025

National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air (2025)

0.02h 11mDrama — Comedy

The family home is more than merely a building. It can be a destination of pilgrimage, an inherited investment, a repository of memory or even magic. And, for brother and sister Stephen and Billie, home is all they have. Mucking along in their decaying farmhouse, they're doing just fine. That is, until the arrival of an ex-clergyman uncle with an unscrupulous plan, a sister-in-law seeking a miracle, and a prodigal brother hell-bent on trouble.

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Director: Conor McPherson

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Cast & crew

Brian Gleeson as Stephen

Brian Gleeson

Stephen

Rosie Sheehy as Billie

Rosie Sheehy

Billie

Hannah Morrish as Lydia

Hannah Morrish

Lydia

Chris O'Dowd as Dermot

Chris O'Dowd

Dermot

E

Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty

Brendan

Aisling Kearns as Freya

Aisling Kearns

Freya

Derbhle Crotty as Elizabeth

Derbhle Crotty

Elizabeth

Sean McGinley as Pierre

Sean McGinley

Pierre

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