In 1921 Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in Ireland where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream... But above all to dance and have fun. Jimmy’s Hall celebrates the spirit of these free thinkers. The film is set in 1932 and follows events when Jimmy returned from a decade in New York and re-opened the hall. The film is freely inspired by Jimmy’s life and turbulent times.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 49 min.
- Country, year
- United Kingdom, Ireland, France, 2014
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Screenplay
- Paul Laverty
- Cinematography
- Robbie Ryan
- Music
- George Fenton
- Cast
- Barry Ward, Francis Magee, Andrew Scott, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton, Aisling Franciosi
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- in competition.
Director
Ken Loach
Ken Loach was born in 1936 in England. After studying law in Oxford, he branched out into the theatre and after that – to television. He made his feature debut Poor Cow in 1967. In 1969 he presented Kes (1969), which is now acclaimed as one of the finest films ever made in Britain. From the 1990s he presented many very successful films such as Hidden Agenda (1990), Riff-Raff (1991), Raining Stones (1993) and Land and Freedom (1995). In 2006, Loach won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Wind that Shakes the Barley. His film Looking for Eric (2009) was screened in Scanorama. In 2014 K. Loach received Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement.
