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Mar 6, 2020 · Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Powerful performances carry Calm With Horses, a grim Irish-set drama steeped in violence that marks a confident debut feature.
Mar 16, 2020 · Calm with Horses is a punchy gangland tragedy from west-country Ireland. Cosmo Jarvis excels as a conscience-afflicted crime enforcer in Nick Rowland’s well-turned riff on a rudimentary tale. ︎ Calm with Horses is available to stream on BFI Player and most VOD platforms.
Jul 27, 2020 · Summary. Bleak and suspenseful drama set in the west of Ireland, not about crime but about the criminal lifestyle; and about man and his complex loyalties. I finished watching Calm with Horses (titled The Shadow of Violence for USA distribution) half an hour ago and I’ve not been able to sit still. The restlessness, the sense of basic ...
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“Calm with Horses” begins with a gripping voice-over by Douglas Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis). With his hoarse voice, heavy breath, and violent actions on screen, the film quickly sets up the character and its tone. Douglas works for his buddy, Dymphna (Barry Keoghan), a punk-looking guy who is a cousin to the town’s drug-dealing family, the Devers fami...
“Calm with Horses” makes you fall in love with this rock-solid man on screen. In literature or in films, the most beautiful characters are those who are trying to put some effort into something. Usually, we see an underdog trying to fight against the world, but in “Calm with Horses,” there is a man who is learning to bend and blend in. He is trying...
“Calm with Horses” is a beautifully written film, shot stunningly by Piers McGrail, and the background score designed by Benjamin John Power further heightens each emotion. It is a narrative that tracks the redemption of a violent man and allows him to achieve peace, which he had been hunting since he was a teenager, when he first killed a person i...
Mar 9, 2020 · Calm With Horses 4 out of 5 stars Director Nick Rowland’s debut feature is a claustrophobic, inspired and layered crime drama set in the depths of rural Ireland.
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Apr 17, 2020 · Calm With Horses review: a terrific directorial debut. Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan and Niamh Algar star in the excellent Calm With Horses, that’s now available on demand – here’s our review. “You don’t turn your back on family. Even when they do”.
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Mar 11, 2020 · So there’s something refreshing about Nick Rowland’s feature debut, Calm With Horses. A hard-as-nails tale of a multi-generational family who laud it over an Irish rural town, this brooding ...
