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)
(more)Cast
Barry Ward
Ireland
Best movies:
The Fall (2013) (series)
Sunburn (1999)
Dating Amber (2020)
Simone Kirby
Best movies:
Kneecap (2024)
Dating Amber (2020)
Calm with Horses (2019)
Jim Norton
Ireland
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Brían F. O'Byrne
Ireland
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Francis Magee
Ireland
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Zen (2011) (series)
Andrew Scott
Ireland
Best movies:
Present Laughter (2019) (theatrical recording)
National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series) - actor, a.f.
Denise Gough
Ireland
Best movies:
Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches (2017) (theatrical recording)
Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Fall (2013) (series)
Karl Geary
Ireland
Best movies:
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001) (TV movie)
The Book of Stars (1999)
The Bible: Esther (1999) (TV movie)
Conor McDermottroe
Ireland
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
Leprechauns (1999) (TV movie)
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Aisling Franciosi
Ireland
Best movies:
The Fall (2013) (series)
The Unforgivable (2021)
Speak No Evil (2024)
Donal O'Kelly
Best movies:
The Van (1996)
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Bloom (2003)
Rebecca O'Mara
Ireland
Best movies:
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
John O'Dowd
Best movies:
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Sorcha Fox
Best movies:
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Seán T. Ó Meallaigh
Ireland
Best movies:
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
Róise & Frank (2022)
Maze (2017)
Niko El Santo Zavero
Best movies:
The Pentagon Wars (1998) (TV movie)
22 Bullets (2010)
Devil's Knot (2013)