Synopsis:
8.5 Hours is a complex portrayal of a working day that has extraordinary implications for the four characters who's lives are linked by sharing an office together in a small software company. Focusing on the pressures of these characters on one day, the film also aims to chronicle the winding down of Ireland's boom years, a period of extraordinary opportunity for many but also a time of lost opportunities for some and an undercurrent of regret permeates throughout the film.

Each of the characters experiences a series of events that changes their lives, some events influenced by the other characters where their paths intersect, others occurring almost independently and lived out in the character's own private thoughts as they recall events in their past which still haunt them. Each of the four characters has a story, all of which are ultimately resolved by the end of the day.

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