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31: 367:. As he holds an American passport, he is exiled back to States. During a rally protesting his expulsion, Jimmy's mother decries the lack of a fair trial. Gralton was the first and only Irish person in history to ever be deported from Ireland. 382:
gives the film a score of 76% from 104 reviews. The site's consensus states "Benefiting from a talented cast and sensitive work from director Ken Loach, Jimmy's Hall offers period drama rich with relevant sociopolitical themes."
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music during his time in the US. The hall becomes popular, which arouses opposition in the town, particularly the Church in the form of Father Sheridan, who denounces the music and dancing at the hall as lewd and licentious.
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adaptation of the film. It returned to the Abbey in 2018 and toured nationwide.
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called it "A minor-key but eminently enjoyable work by a master craftsman."
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Jimmy and his mother, with whom he is living and who is also sympathetic to
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garnered generally positive critical reception. Review aggregation website
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A new government is in power ten years after the end of the
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Jimmy's Hall Returns to the Abbey, RTE 27 July 2018
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Ken Loach
Paul Laverty
Rebecca O'Brien
Barry Ward
Simone Kirby
Jim Norton
Robbie Ryan
George Fenton
Why Not Productions
Wild Bunch
Film4
Entertainment One
Le Pacte
Cannes
drama
Ken Loach
Jimmy Gralton
Revolutionary Workers' Group
Communist Party of Ireland
County Leitrim
Barry Ward
Simone Kirby
Jim Norton
Denise Gough
Effrinagh
Palme d'Or
2014 Cannes Film Festival
United States
Ireland

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