I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.

2026 · 109 min · Drama

Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

Directed by Clio Barnard · Written by Enda Walsh

In theaters Dec 4, 2026

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