Lakelands

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Lakelands

2022

1h 38m

Drama

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After an attack on a night out, Cian, a young Gaelic footballer, struggles to comes to terms with a career-ending injury. Lakelands follows him as he undertakes a search for his own identity in a small town in the midlands, where Gaelic football is a religion and identity is defined by what you can do on the pitch.

Donald Clarke

Irish Times

05/04/2023

4/5

The film comes at you stealthily. It doesn’t appear to deal with great concerns. But it ultimately connects deeply with a thoroughly realised rural community.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

05/02/2023

3/5

Hardwicke and Galligan perform the dance with much charm. Rather than heavy-handed life lessons, they point with disarming simplicity the way to a fresh new dawn.

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Fionnuala Halligan

Screen International

07/13/2022

Creative partners Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney thread their deceptively small story with a skein of poignant themes while lead actor Eanna Hardwicke convinces...

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

06/09/2023

B

Sensitive drama.

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Aoife Fealy

Film Ireland Magazine

05/18/2023

Lakelands is a quiet, heartfelt and sometimes brutal portrayal of Cian Reilly.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

05/09/2023

3/5

Even if the plot meanders through a range of sideroads designed to crank up emotions, the characters have a steeliness that holds the attention.

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Aaron C

Oct 3

Fantastic movie that sheds light on the darker sides of rural Ireland and violence. An eye opener.

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Synopsis

After an attack on a night out, Cian, a young Gaelic footballer, struggles to comes to terms with a career-ending injury. Lakelands follows him as he undertakes a search for his own identity in a small town in the midlands, where Gaelic football is a religion and identity is defined by what you can do on the pitch.

Director: Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivney
Producer: Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivney
Screenwriter: Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivney
Production Co: Screen Ireland
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 38m