Gripping rite of passage parable from novice director

Christy (15A) is an unflinching portrait of a 17-year-old reject from the foster care system struggling to get some stability into his life in a working-class district of North Cork. It oozes authenticity from every pore. You won’t catch anyone acting here. Christy (Daniel Power) is staying with his estranged half brother Shane (Diarmuid Noyes),…