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En flok unge arbejdsløse fra Dublin beslutter sig til at danne et band, men indbyrdes modsætninger får det hele til at ramle sammen, lige inden den første pladekontrakt er i hus.
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Táto trilógia humorným a citlivým spôsobom vykresľuje život robotníckej triedy na dublinskom predmestí. Sleduje cestu ambicióznych mladých ľudí, ktorí sa snažia uniknúť z všednosti prostredníctvom hudby a kultúry. Séria vyniká autentickými dialógmi, vrelými postavami a prenikavým pohľadom na írsku spoločnosť. Je to oslava komunity, snov a húževnatosti napriek nepriazni osudu.
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