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Garage is a 2007 realist (even hyper-realist) film by Irish director Lenny Abramson. The film centers on the daily life of Josie (a petrol station worker who lives in a small Irish village) and the social relations he holds with his neighbor villagers.
Garage is a 2007 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Mark O'Halloran, the same team behind Adam & Paul. It stars Pat Shortt, Anne-Marie Duff and Conor J. Ryan. The film tells the story of a lonely petrol station attendant and how he slowly begins to come out of his shell.
The film was widely critically acclaimed for its accuracy of the depiction of rural Ireland. The teenage drinking in fields, the lack of social outlets and job opportunities, small town gossip, the “simple folk” who got left behind.
Mar 3, 2008 · Garage (2008) Following his underrated urban tragicomedy Adam & Paul (2005), director Lenny Abrahamson ventures to rural Ireland for Garage. Like his last film, the joy is in the details, those...
Against the background of previous Irish films that may be considered verbally intricate or profuse, Lenny Abrahamson’s second feature Garage offers a gentle silence, a measured rhythm and a hollowed dramatic space.
Smart and brilliantly scripted with a solid central performance, Garage is nevertheless a difficult film to watch. It drags in places and, though viewers will sympathise with Josie, they might also share the locals' desire to avoid staying long in his company.
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Oct 4, 2007 · Reviews. Driven by an excellent performance from Pat Shortt, 'Garage' is another fine film in a great year for Irish cinema.
