The Crush (2010)

Directed by

Michael Creagh

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

Ireland

Runtime

15 min

Rated

18

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An eight-year-old schoolboy falls in love with his teacher. When he learns she is engaged, he challenges her fiancé to a duel.

whimsicaltendernaivebittersweetplayfuloffbeatlighthearted

What happens

The Crush is a 2010 Irish live action short film. The film's runtime is approximately 15 minutes. It was written and directed by first-timer Michael Creagh, and produced by Damon Quinn. The film was shot during Easter 2009 in Skerries, north Dublin. Creagh cast his nine-year-old son Oran in the lead role of the story. The story sees an eight-year-old schoolboy (Oran Creagh) named Ardal Travis fall in love with his teacher, Miss Purdy (Olga Wehrly). However, heartbreak ensues when he finds Miss Purdy with an engagement ring from her boyfriend (Rory Keenan). Devastated and spurned, Ardal challenges Miss Purdy’s fiancé to a duel to the death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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