No Holds Bard (2009)
Overview
Comedy following the lives of five people as they prepare to vie for the 2009 Cup O'Kindness, the trophy awarded to the champion in Robert Burns poetry recital. The film captures the ups and downs of each participant's progress as the pressure intensifies, the poems are recited and the champion is crowned. Held in Alloway, the birthplace of Burns himself, this prestigious competition is the centrepiece of the annual celebrations devoted to the Bard's immortal memory. And this year it may prove memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Cast
Tony Curran
Stevie Kerr
Laura Fraser
Sarah Rutherford
Greg Hemphill
Robert Laughlin
Ashley Jensen
Isobel
Denis Lawson
Miekel
Forbes Masson
Cronie McKay
Katy Murphy
Sheila Buchanan
Ford Kiernan
Cronie Cameron
Paul Higgins
Struan Robertson
Anneika Rose
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