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Koyo is a story about how photography can both isolate individuals and connect total strangers. Isu, a lonely Korean actress who has been surrounded by photography her entire life, is contemplating suicide when Arlo, a restless photographer, takes her picture with his film camera. Initially appalled, she demands that he delete the photo, but he persuades her to reconsider after seeing the image he captured. She decides to spend the day with him to finish the film roll. As they take and develop photos throughout the day, they form an unexpected, quiet connection.
The film centres on local small-town GAA football "outside the bright lights of Croke Park", following a player who struggles to get back into the sport after an injury.
Local police officer Sergeant PJ Collins is a gentle man who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. He is one of life's outsiders, lovable, but lonely and a bit rubbish at his job. When the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered, PJ is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. Unearthing long buried secrets, PJ finally connects with the village he has tried so hard to avoid.
