Citizen Lane

2018

1 hr. 20 min.

Documentary

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In Dublin in the early 20th century, Hugh Lane fights to establish a public modern art gallery to show the work of living artists until his untimely death on the Lusitania.

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Citizen Lane (7.5) is an entertaining documentary drama about the life of Sir Hugh Lane (of Dublin gallery fame) featuring an unrecognisable Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate's Nidge) in the title role, which he plays excellently. Acted reconstruction scenes during a documentary normally look awful but this pleasingly bucks the trend. Would be more at home on Netflix, given its length (81 minutes) and subject matter, but great to see this feature amidst the current generally-awful-muck in the cinema currently. Overall Verdict : Very Good

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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wonderful docudrama. Fascinating subject. Great acting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Director

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Hugh Lane

Gemma-Leah Devereux

Ruth Shine

Derbhle Crotty

Lady Augusta Gregory

Mark O'Halloran

Screenwriter

Jane Doolan

Producer

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Lane was a snob, but he believed in art for the people.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 5, 2021

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Working from Mark O'Halloran's fiendishly clever script, the December Bride director and dexterous editor Mick Mahon have fashioned a project as elegant as its subject.

Rated: 4/5

May 18, 2018

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Veronica Lee

The Arts Desk

This is a little-known story given its due prominence in O'Sullivan's lovely film.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 19, 2021

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

A docudrama which shines the light of one of Ireland's forgotten sons.

Apr 9, 2021

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Darragh McManus

Irish Independent

There's more than enough interesting information and inherent drama to make Lane's life worthy of a documentary. What really lifts O'Sullivan's film above the norm is how he goes about it.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 6, 2018

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Katy Hayes

Sunday Times (UK)

One of the brilliant things a well-made documentary can do is distill a complex yarn into an 80-minute digestible shape, and this story is complicated.

Rated: 4/5

May 24, 2018

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Synopsis

In Dublin in the early 20th century, Hugh Lane fights to establish a public modern art gallery to show the work of living artists until his untimely death on the Lusitania.

Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Executive Producer: Nadia Khamlichi, Tatjana Kozar, Adrian Politowski
Screenwriter: Mark O'Halloran
Production Co: Umedia
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English