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Love in Kilnerry is a 2021 American romance comedy written, produced, and directed by Daniel Keith. The film stars Daniel Keith, Kathy Searle, Roger Hendricks Simon, Sybil Lines, Sheila Stasack, Tony Triano, and James Patrick Nelson. The film premiered in the US on October 18, 2019 at the New Hampshire Film Festival and the San Diego International Film Festival simultaneously. The comedy's narrative is focused on the fictional town of Kilnerry, New Hampshire, whose residents panic after the Environmental Protection Agency informs them that mandatory changes to their chemical plant could increase their sexual libido. Love in Kilnerry received critical acclaim and multiple festival awards and nominations.

Plot
The small sleepy remote town of Kilnerry struggles as most of the residents are elderly and the younger ones will be going off to college soon. When a representative from the EPA visits the town’s quarterly townhall meeting to tell them their chemical plant has been polluting the waters and creating toxic fish, they learn a new mandatory process, called P172, must be adapted by the plant. However, there is one small side effect. When exposed to P172, laboratory rats have shown a dramatic increase in sexual libido. The residents panic and chaos ensues. The sheriff struggles to maintain order over the following months as chaos and mayhem ensue; a catastrophic orgy attempt, indecent exposure, the priest becomes a nudist to be closer to God, and some of the more decrepit residents compete in a dance competition with a risqué performance. Just as the sheriff has reached his breaking point in an effort to control everyone and keep the town from changing, the EPA returns to inform them that they discovered the rats had been used in a previous pheromone test and that P172 has no side effects. Plagued with guilt, they realize that by thinking they had no control, they learned to open up, accept others, throw caution to the wind and live again, and fall in love. The sheriff is faced with his actions and apologizes to the town. The residents go on to embrace a new life and create new destinies.

Main cast

 * Daniel Keith as Gary O'Reilly
 * Kathy Searle as Nessa Ward
 * Tony Triano as Jerry Boylan
 * James Patrick Nelson as Father Wesley O'Dell
 * Sybil Lines as Aednat McLaughlin
 * Sheila Stasack   as Brigid Kerry
 * Roger Hendricks Simon as Fergal O'Reilly
 * Debargo Sanyal as Rakesh Nibhanupudi

Production and distribution
Originally written as a play by Daniel Keith, it was later workshopped at Manhattan Theater Club studios, in NYC, in front of audiences and Broadway producers. Daniel Keith later wrote the screenplay and his company, Archway Pictures, shot the film in Portsmouth, NH. The film was cast by Kimberly Graham (Homeland) and edited by Jon Wilson (Downton Abbey, Billy Elliott), the music was written and performed by the score composer Randy Edelman (Last of the Mohicans), visual FX were created by Brian DeMetz (Deadpool, 2012), and colored by Andrew Geary at Company 3. In July, 2021, Mutiny Pictures acquired North American distribution rights.

Reception
As of September 2021, the film had an IMDb rating of 8.8/10 based on over 4,600 reviews. Writing for Theater Pizzazz, Tania Fisher said: “The only explanation that can be given to the deeply felt emotions from people who are somehow relating to an incredibly unlikely scenario is that Daniel has the power and skill to zero-in on human fears and relationships.”. Lolo Loves Films wrote: "Love in Kilnerry" is a low budget sex comedy with an underlying message of social acceptance. Its primary source of comedy comes from the town's elderly residents initially freaking out at the prospect of people having increased amounts of coitus."