Released:
2024-03-15

Overview:
In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting partnership was ignited; the band they formed, Microdisney, was one of the best bands of the 1980s that you’ve probably never heard. Mixing Sean’s stunning melodic arrangements with Cathal’s poetic, angry lyrics, they recorded three brilliant LPs, gained critical adulation and an obsessive cult following. But a hit single eluded them, as did radio play and LP sales. By 1988, frustrated by their lack of progress, the band crashed and burned, leaving a trail of acrimony and broken friendships.

Director:
Julie Perkins

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
Music, Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Cathal Coughlan
  as
  Self
• 
  Sean O'Hagan
  as
  Self
• 
  John Fell
  as
  Self
• 
  Tom Fenner
  as
  Self
• 
  Aidan Gillen
  as
  Self