Set on the Aran Islands in 1934, The Cripple of Innismaan is a strange and darkly comic tale.

As word arrives on Inishmaan that the Hollywood director, Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island of Inishmore to film 'Man of Aran', the one person who wants to be in the film more than anyone is young cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter tedium of his daily life.