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Citizen Lane

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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.

Critics Reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia A docudrama which shines the light of one of Ireland's forgotten sons. Apr 9, 2021 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member wonderful docudrama. Fascinating subject. Great acting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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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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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
Producer
Jane Doolan, Sheila Ahern, James Mitchell
Screenwriter
Mark O'Halloran
Production Co
Umedia
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 20m