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Calvary
Why this pick
The same writer-director pairs mordant Irish humour with a bruised moral centre, again giving Brendan Gleeson a formidable, flawed man whose apparent bluntness conceals real compassion.
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MOVIE2011 1h 36m IRL
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an officer of the Garda Síochána in Connemara in the west of Ireland. He is crass and confrontational, regularly indulging in drugs and alcohol even while on duty. He is also shown to have a softer side, showing concern for his ailing mother, Eileen.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mark Strong
Clive Cornell
David Wilmot
Liam O'Leary
Rory Keenan
Garda Aidan McBride
Dominique McElligott
Aoife O'Carroll
Sarah Greene
Sinead Mulligan
Fionnula Flanagan
Eileen Boyle
Gary Lydon
Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton
David Pearse
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