Jimmy's Hall
Jimmy's Hall
Directed by:
Ken LoachCinematography:
Robbie RyanComposer:
George FentonCast:
Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton, Brían F. O'Byrne, Francis Magee, Andrew Scott, Denise Gough, Karl Geary, Conor McDermottroe, Aisling Franciosi (more)VOD (1)
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In 1921 Jimmy Gralton's sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in an Ireland on the brink of Civil War. The Pearse-Connolly Hall was a place where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream... but above all to dance and have fun. As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brough it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close. A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns to Co. Leitrim from the US to look after his mother and vows to live the quiet life. The hall stands abandoned and empty, and despite the pleas of the local youngsters, remains shut. However, as jimmy reintegrates into the community and sees the poverty, and growing cultural oppression, the leader and activist within him is stirred. He makes the decision to reopen the hall in the face of what they may bring... (Wild Bunch Distribution)
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In the film Jimmy's Hall, what's interesting is how you can also explore historical events, in this case through one dance hall that you might think isn't particularly important. And yet it was. But the plot failed to engage me, as would be appropriate for a film about events that are not so familiar to me.
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