John Michael McDonagh wrote and directed The Guard which was nominated for a BAFTA, and replaced this film as the most successful independent Irish film of all time?
The Guard (2011 film) The Guard is a 2011 Irish buddy cop comedy film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham. It is the most successful independent Irish film of all time in terms of Irish box-office receipts, overtaking "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (2006), which previously held this status.
When Brendan Met Trudy When Brendan Met Trudy is a 2001 film directed by first time director Kieron J. Walsh and written by Roddy Doyle. The story is about a Dublin schoolteacher who falls in love with a mysterious young woman who turns out to be a thief.