Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes the Barley) continues to offer audiences his British socialist outsider narratives, this time delving into the Depression-Era return of Jimmy Gralton (Barry Ward) to his home in Ireland after a decade spent in exile in the United States. Jimmy endeavors to stay out of trouble, but he cannot ignore the extreme poverty and the overwhelming oppression in effect, so he decides to reopen the dance hall that initially led to his deportation. Longtime Loach collaborator and screenwriter Paul Laverty adapts character actor Donal O’Kelly’s play. (Opens Friday at Mariemont Theatre) (PG-13) Not screened in time for review
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2015.
