“When we feel lost, finding our way home takes a little help.”
Overview
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.
Directed by Emer Reynolds
Written by Ailbhe Keoghan
Produced by Aoife O'Sullivan, Tristan Lynch
Box Office0Revenue: $136K
Themes & Keywords
runawaymotherly loveon the runsingle motherirelandstealing carbritish pubdeath of motherstolen carshitchhikingrunaway childdeadbeat dadstolen cashjoyrideferryfather son conflictnewborn babybreastfeedingadult child friendshipsinging childrunaway womansolicitorunexpected pregnancyabsent fatheririshrural irelandcarpolice checkpoint
About Joyride
Joyride is a comedy, drama, crime film released in 2022 exploring themes of runaway, motherly love, on the run, single mother, ireland, stealing car. Directed by Emer Reynolds, it stars Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin. 12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.