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Demian Bichir crash-lands in "Runway"

(Agencies)
2009-08-28 14:09

LOS ANGELES – Demian Bichir, the Mexican actor who portrayed Fidel Castro in Steven Soderberg's "Che," will star in the Irish indie feature "The Runway."

Commercials and short-film director Ian Power wrote the script and is directing the drama in County Cork.

The film is based on the true story of a South American pilot who crashed near a town in Cork in 1983. The townspeople came together to build a runway so the pilot could get home, and in so doing inspired the nation.

Kerry Condon ("Rome") and Jaime Kierans co-star.

Bichir is a regular on Showtime's "Weeds." He has appeared in the features "Don't Tempt Me," "In the Time of the Butterflies" and "Perdita Durango."