SOUTH Belfast was the backdrop for filming a new Irish romance movie starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne on Monday.
Production crews moved into the Holylands area for filming of the multimillion-pound movie, Four Letters of Love.
Streets around the area, usually frequented by university students and local residents, became the focal point for the crews throughout the day.
Among the streets used was Rugby Street where actors could be seen filming scenes for the movie that has been described as a "lyrical and deeply romantic Irish story".
An old fashioned Dublin Fire Brigade truck, a Garda patrol vehicle and an Escort 1.6 Ghia were also parked up in the area. However, it is understood that none of the leading stars of the film were seen on set on Monday.
Set in Dublin and on an island off the west coast of Ireland, filming for the movie is taking place first in Northern Ireland and will later move to Donegal.
Based on the Niall Williams bestselling novel of the same name and directed by award-winning filmmaker Polly Steele, the movie follows the story of fated lovers Fionn O’Shea (Normal People) and Ann Skelly (The Nevers).
Former James Bond star Brosnan, Bonham Carter and Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne star as the parents of O’Shea and Skelly.
A description of the film reads: "Nicholas Coughlan (O’Shea) and Isabel Gore (Skelly) are fated to be together. That is as sure as the sky is blue and the sea is ever-changing.
"The question is whether or not they will ever find out.
"As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull Nicholas and Isabel together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart.
"One sunny winter morning, Nicholas’ father, William (Brosnan), believes he’s spoken to by God, changing his life forever.
"He quits his job and, following divine instruction, redirects all his passion and energy into painting, leaving his dependent wife, Bette, and son to fend for themselves.
"Isabel lives a charmed, simple existence on the island, with her father (Byrne), the poet and master of the school, and her wise, intuitive mother (Bonham Carter), until the tragic day her younger brother, Sean, a musical genius, has a paralysing fit while he accompanies her dancing.
"Isabel, weighed down by guilt, opts to go to school on the mainland, in search of fresh experiences and a chance to forget."
The movie, which has received funding from Northern Ireland Screen, is also produced by BAFTA Award nominee Debbie Gray and Douglas Cummins.
