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Rocky Road to Dublin

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Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon conducts interviews in Ireland with patriotic sportsmen, priests and children. The interviews ultimately paint a portrait of a censored country.

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Jeff Shannon Seattle Times 05/11/2007
3/4
What could have been a turning point was instead a footnote of Irish cinema, seen now to be a presciently accurate assessment of Ireland's turbulent national character at a pivotal time of transition. Go to Full Review David Parkinson Empire Magazine 08/19/2006
4/5
Odd premise and conclusions but despite Peter Lennon's controversial viewpoint this remains compelling. Go to Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out 08/19/2006
Lennon's analysis is always lucid but only skims the surface, and Coutard appears more interested in people than politics. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/18/2010
A-
The idealistic Peter Lennon, a Paris-based Guardian journalist, films a deeply affectionate look at his homeland on his return home. Go to Full Review Bill White Seattle Post-Intelligencer 05/10/2007
B
At times the film is a bit random and rambling, but these vignettes are an invaluable record of life in Ireland during the '60s, with the final images of children running through the streets a symbol of hope for an unfettered future. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/15/2013 A documentary painting a picture of Ireland and what became of it since its 1916 rising. An interesting documentary making important and daring comments, among others, on the grip the Catholic Church had on the country and for which it was initially condemned. Today, it stands as one of the most important early Irish films, able to rise above the non existing Irish film industry. See more 01/09/2008 this movie is one of the best rating 10 definitely does it 4 me See more 11/23/2007 Perfect time-capsule of Ireland in 1968. See more 10/31/2007 Telling and incisive documentary film, exposing what Ireland was like at that time... See more 09/04/2007 Very quirky and sentimental film.Shows Ireland at the cusp of modernist reform.Inventive technically as well. See more 06/14/2007 Cinematography is great - indeed I think it's Raoul Coutard. As the director, Peter Lennon, said: "...what do you do with your revolution once you've got it? The answer is of course you give it back to the bourgeoisie and the clergy"...although not too sure they ever had control of it... See more Read all reviews
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Peter Lennon

Director

Sean O'Faolain

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John Huston

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Jim Fitzgerald

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Peter Lennon

Narrator

Raoul Coutard

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Movie Info

Synopsis Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon conducts interviews in Ireland with patriotic sportsmen, priests and children. The interviews ultimately paint a portrait of a censored country.
Director
Peter Lennon
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2020
Runtime
1h 10m
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