Garage (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Leonard Abrahamson

Writer:

Mark O'Halloran (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 2007 (Ireland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A tragicomedy set in the world of gas stations in rural Ireland, where over-diligent employee of the garage searches for intimacy during the course of a life-changing summer.

Plot Keywords:

Gas Station | Rural | Alcohol | Horse | Loneliness

Awards:

10 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Pat Shortt	...	Josie
Anne-Marie Duff	...	Carmel
Conor Ryan	...	David
Tommy Fitzgerald	...	Declan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrew Bennett	...	Sully
Denis Conway	...	Garda Michael
George Costigan	...	Dan
Tom Hickey	...	Mr. Skerrit
Una Kavanagh	...	Pauline
John Keogh	...	Mr. Gallagher
Suzy Lawlor	...	Louise
Jason Nelligan	...	Lester
Don Wycherley	...	Breffni

Runtime:

Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Canada:14A | UK:18 | France:Unrated | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Ireland

Company:

Element Pictures

Trivia:

Garage has been awarded the Prix Art et Essai by the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Josie is walking home from the chip shop, he is carrying a bag chips but nothing else. In the next shot he now has the chips and the bag of beer cans he bought before leaving the bar.

Movie Connections:

Features The Affair (2006) (V)

beautiful exceptional but sparse filming

I'm English but I lived in Ireland for 6 years until recently. Do not be fooled, Ireland today is not the vibrancy of Dublin or the bite of the Celtic tiger - like any country it is a mixture that has it's fair share of sad, empty and lonely places. This film attempts to portray this - and succeeds quite beautifully. The filmmakers are also "responsible" for the brilliant Adam and Paul -a snapshot of the struggle to live in modern day Dublin with a shocking drug habit... and Garage is no different - a few days in a life that tell us so much but share so little. The dialogue is sparse at best, just a nod and a smile to indicate friendship. The tiny visual clues show us one man's life in pictures - his lonely dinner (he bought one pork chop from the butcher) his wash in a sink. This film is one of those that is nothing and everything. I can't recommend it highly enough. Watch it and feel grateful that your life is full and vibrant. That it doesn't end with your putting your socks in your shoes...