The Dig (2018 film)

The Dig is a 2018 Irish drama film directed by Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill, from a screenplay by Stuart Drennan. The film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was produced by Brian J Falconer for northern Irish firm Out of Orbit.

Plot
A father (Lorcan Cranitch as Sean McKenna) becomes obsessed with finding the body of his murdered daughter Niamh. The murderer Ronan Callahan (Moe Dunford) is released from jail after serving a 15-year sentence. At first he wants Sean off his land, but decides to help dig for Niamh's missing body in the bog. He pours the old alcohol in his house down the drain but eventually drinks shots in a pub, hoping to remember the act of murder and where he buried the girl. He develops a relationship with the victim's sister Roberta (Emily Taaffe), and it is revealed that his father had abused his mother, who died when he was 14. Ronan and Sean vow to not stop digging. Ronan eventually remembers a detail that proves he is not the murderer.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 75% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10.

Cast

 * Moe Dunford as Ronan Callahan
 * Francis Magee as Murphy
 * Emily Taaffe as Roberta McKenna
 * Lorcan Cranitch as Sean McKenna
 * Katherine Devlin as Siobhan