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8.5 Hours (2008)

8.5 Hours poster
Directed by
Brian Lally
Genre
drama film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film shows a day in the lives of four software workers in Dublin near the end of Ireland's Celtic Tiger boom. It follows their interactions and routines at work.

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What happens

8.5 Hours is a 2008 Irish drama film written and directed by Brian Lally. The film follows one day in the lives of four Dublin software workers during the final months of Ireland's Celtic Tiger economic boom. The film stars Lynette Callaghan, Art Kearns, Victor Burke and Jonathan Byrne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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