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Kissing Candice
Shot on location in Dublin, Louth and Wicklow, Kissing Candice is a coming of age story directed by Aoife McArdle, told through the eyes of a disillusioned 17-year-old girl, who yearns to escape the ebb and flow of her coastal community. Candice (Ann Skelly) is the daughter of a world-weary police officer (John Lynch), who knows only too well the dangers that lurk outside their town. He is protective of Candice, who has epilepsy and suffers occasional fits. In her mind, the teenager conjures an imaginary boyfriend (Ryan Lincoln) and spookily, the very same lad materialises in the form of Jacob, a member of a gang of violent delinquents. Jacob breaks rank to rescue Candice from a brutal assault at the hands of his buddies, and he too becomes an outsider in a world where booze and drugs offer temporary release from the misery. Candice's infatuation with Jacob puts her in jeopardy but she ignores her father's warnings and anchors herself to her handsome beau.
