We meet the director of new TV3 drama Smalltown

Gerard Barrett tells Esther McCarthy that his new TV3 drama ‘Smalltown,’ explores his love of and concerns about rural Ireland. 

Mainstream entertainment is largely about the Marvel cinematic universe but Gerard Barrett’s work, he quips, is more about the rural cinematic universe.

His first film, Pilgrim Hill, an intense tale of the loneliness and isolation of a farmer in crisis, signalled Barrett as a major new voice in Irish cinema.