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2026102 minPGdocumentary

The Slightest Touch

2026102 minPGdocumentary

Emma Fogarty, living with Epidermolysis Bullosa, trains with Colin Farrell to run the Dublin Marathon, highlighting their enduring friendship and resilience.

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Emma Fogarty, living with Epidermolysis Bullosa, trains with Colin Farrell to run the Dublin Marathon, highlighting their enduring friendship and resilience.

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Rachel Fleitdirector

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Colin Farrell

Colin Farrellcast

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As she turns forty - an age doctors once said she would never reach - Emma Fogarty, who lives with the rare and extremely painful condition Epidermolysis Bullosa, takes up an offer from longtime friend Colin Farrell; they agree to run the Dublin Marathon together, with Colin pushing Emma's wheelchair for the final four kilometres. Also follow their lives and the enduring friendship that has sustained them through the years.

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