(2000) 101 minutes

Beyond the Pale is a contemporary drama set in Dublin and New York. It centres on the immigration experience of Patrick Shaw (Patrick Clarke), a hard working Dublin stable hand who, with his buddy Seamus, emigrates to New York along with a furniture moving company. They stay at a homely boarding house presided over by Katherine, a strict Irish American landlady. Upstairs, a failed writer Tom Finnegan (Malachy McCourt) sprawls in a drunken stupor. After getting fired from their jobs Patrick and Seamus decide to buy a van and set up their own business. While delivering furniture Patrick falls for Helen, a struggling young actress with unrealistic dreams of the big time. Just as things finally begin to look up, Finnegan's drinking becomes worse. Seamus becomes more reckless and Patrick must battle with Helen's possessive ex-boyfriend.