Country: Ireland
Year: 2007
Duration: 85'
Sweet and harmless Josie manages a gas station in a little town in the Irish countryside. The rest of the townspeople treat him like a village idiot, but he’s actually a simple man, solitary, irreparably optimistic and happy in his own way. His simple life changes when a young apprentice arrives at the garage: naively convinced of having found a friend, Josie shares with him some of his adult habits (alcohol, porno films…) without knowing that he’s committing a crime which would make him lose his job. “The film is about the transformations in the Irish countryside that have made people like Josie become uprooted, beggars. What I find interesting about Josie, like the real people encountered in the film, is that you need some time to understand what goes on in his head. And I think this is the film’s purpose: understanding. Josie is extremely lonely, but he is also fundamentally happy. He’s a complex character, alienated, funny, sad, moving, surprising.”
Biography
film director
Lenny Abrahamson
Lenny Abrahamson (Dublin, Ireland, 1966) studied philosophy at Trinity College. In 1991 he made the short film 3 Joes, winning awards at the Cork Film Festival and at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. In 2004 he directed his first feature film, Adam & Paul, which was selected at the Berlin Festival in 2005 and won the Fipresci award at the Sofia Film Festival. He then directed Garage (2007), written by Mark O’Halloran (who also wrote the screenplay for Adam & Paul), winning the Torino Film Festival and the Cicae Art Cinema Prize at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs at Cannes. In 2007 he directed four episodes for the TV series Prosperity and in 2008 the short feature Dublin 26.06.08: A Movie in 4 Days.
FILMOGRAFIA
3 Joes (cm, 1991), Adam & Paul (2004), Garage (id., 2007), Prosperity (ep. Pala’s Story; ep. Georgie’s Story; ep. Gavin’s Story; ep. Stacey’s Story, tv, 2007), Dublin 26.06.08: A Movie in 4 Days (coregia/codirectors Graham Cantwell, Kevin Marron, Marc-Ivan O’Gorman, Rachel Rath, mm, 2008), What Richard Did (2012).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Lenny Abrahamson
sceneggiatura/screenplay Mark O’Halloran
fotografia/director of photography Peter Robertson
scenografia/set design Padraig O’Neill
costumi/costume design Sonya Lennon
montaggio/film editor Isobel Stephenson
musica/music Stephen Rennicks
suono/sound Rob Flanagan
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Pat Shortt (Josie), Anne-Marie Duff (Carmel), Conor Ryan (David), Don Wycherley (Breffni), Andrew Bennett (Sully), Denis Conway (Garda Michael), Tom Hickey (Mr Skerrit), George Costigan (Dan), John Keogh (Mr Gallagher)
produttore/producer Ed Guiney
produzione/production Element Films, Film4
distribuzione,vendita all’estero/distribution, world sales Mk2 Distribution
sceneggiatura/screenplay Mark O’Halloran
fotografia/director of photography Peter Robertson
scenografia/set design Padraig O’Neill
costumi/costume design Sonya Lennon
montaggio/film editor Isobel Stephenson
musica/music Stephen Rennicks
suono/sound Rob Flanagan
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Pat Shortt (Josie), Anne-Marie Duff (Carmel), Conor Ryan (David), Don Wycherley (Breffni), Andrew Bennett (Sully), Denis Conway (Garda Michael), Tom Hickey (Mr Skerrit), George Costigan (Dan), John Keogh (Mr Gallagher)
produttore/producer Ed Guiney
produzione/production Element Films, Film4
distribuzione,vendita all’estero/distribution, world sales Mk2 Distribution
TFF
prizes
