Heresis I: The Shaking Opera

Heresis I: The Shaking Opera is an independent, low budget 2009 Irish fantasy film directed by Patrick Ryan. The film tells the story of the world's last super hero Alexis August, as she is summoned to take the place of her dead war hero father, Ares the Lightning. It is the first part in a projected trilogy of films. Filming began in County Kerry, Ireland in April 2008, and is scheduled to wrap in July. It stars Cailla O' Shea as Alexis August, Tommy Fitzgerald as Jesse Callahan, Sadhbh McCarthy as Amy Lovelace, and Samuel Cunnane as Vincent Halligor.

Overview
The film is a dark and violent twist on the conventional super hero story, and utilises elements of mythology, fantasy, and classicism. It has been descirbed by the filmmakers as, "a mesh between the plot and characterisation of Shakespeare, and the aesthetics and innovation of japanese anime", along with, "a healthy injection of greek tragedy." It explores themes of war, vengeance and morality.

Cast
*Cailla O' Shea as Alexis August: A 17 year old orphan who lives in the slums, until she is summoned by her dead father to avenge his death and liberate St. Lucretia's High School before it is turned into a military academy.
*Tommy Fitzgerald as Jesse Callahan: The sadistic, sarcastic head of the Punishment Force at St. Lucretia's school.
*Sadhbh McCarthy as Amy Lovelace: The volatile, dangerous student President of St. Lucretia's.
*Samuel Cunnane as Vincent Halligor: Jesse Callahan's right hand man, a soft spoken psychopath.
*Kerry Korpela as Erika Vespera: An angel dust junkie who is also a powerful psychic medium.
*Patrick Ryan as Leonidas Hawkeye: A heroic gun wielding student.
*Eilise O' Sullivan as Sophie Seto: Amy Lovelace's fiery, pragamatic best friend.
*Rob Flanagan as Achilles Custer: A student who has been experimented on by the Military.
*Nicholas Gagnon as Enoch Engel: An intelligent student bomb maker.
*Chris Fitzgerald as Principal Dent: The war torn, haunted Principal at St. Lucretia's.

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Production
The film is being shot on Digital Video, with a micro budget of just over €10,000, and is helmed by three film students, award winning director Patrick Ryan, actor Tommy Fitzgerald (who previously featured in the IFTA winning film 'Garage') and Kevin Hannigan. All filming will be done on location in County Kerry, Ireland over the summer, with the final cut of the film scheduled to be completed by early September.

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