The Street Where You Live

Both in their 80's, Eddie and Elsie are the sweetest, kindest, most loving and wise people you are ever likely to meet.
Their love for each other, and their love for the world at large and everyone in it, is a triumph for humanity. They have spent a lifetime nurturing and putting in to practise their secret to happiness, and we're so lucky they want to share it with us.

  • Myles Brendan O'Reilly
    Director
  • Myles Brendan O'Reilly
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Myles Brendan O'Reilly

Myles O’Reilly is a musician, composer and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. Since first lifting a camera in 2010, multi-tasking O’Reilly has filmed, directed and edited over 100 music videos and 20+ music documentary short films. In the global pandemic lockdown, Myles produced the first two albums in his critically acclaimed [Indistinct Chatter] series of minimal ambient recordings, Cabin Lights Off (2020) and My Mothers Star (2021), followed in 2022 by a collection of ambient folk songs titled ‘Cocooning Heart’. In January 2022 his first feature film documentary ‘Dark Horse on The Wind’ about the life and songs of the late folk singer Liam Weldon premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival. In 2023 Myles will be touring a unique live show, combing both his films, cinematography and music to create a multi sensory audio/visual immersion to promote his fourth ambient LP titled 'An Ode To Soft Landings'

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Director Statement

This film is about my neighbors Eddie and Elsie O'Brien who my wife and I have lived next door to for over 14 years, and whom we find a constant source of inspiration.