ABOUT ANTON ‘Anton’ starring Irish Academy Award winner Gerard McSorley (Omagh, The Constant Gardener, Veronica Guerin, In the Name of the Father) is an explosive and gripping thriller inspired by actual events. When Anton O'Neill returns home from working at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved home in County Cavan. Blinded by hatred and misguided patriotism Anton is led into an illicit world of violence and is forced to choose between his family and his country. Hunted and on the run, he is drawn into a shocking battle of wills with the law and his former accomplices, ending in an explosive showdown in which he must risk everything to protect the woman he loves. THE MUSIC OF ANTON The score for 'Anton' was composed by Anna Rice and performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The closing credits song for Anton, 'One' was written by Greg Pearle and performed by John Illsley (Dire Straits) with Greg Pearle on vocals and one of Ireland's most enduringly popular artists, Paul Brady on whistle.