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Lamb
- Director: Colin Gregg
- Writer: Bernard MacLaverty
- Producer: Al Burgess; Martin Proctor
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This certainly divided opinion...
A slow character study with an explosive end...or, a convoluted snail-paced diatribe?!?
Neeson is good, the kid is great - the emotion; High.
Whatever you think about this film...it will certainly leave you with a definitive opinion - and that is not a bad thing.
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
"Lamb" focuses on the relationship between Brother Michael Lamb (Liam Neeson), a teacher in a Roman Catholic-run institution for troubled boys in Ireland, and 10-year-old Owen Kane (Hugh O'Conor), the school's most unruly pupil. Dumped into the institution by his abusive mother, Owen is an incorrigible mess who smokes cigarettes, curses, wets his bed, picks fights and has epileptic seizures.
Cast & Characters
Liam Neeson as Michael Lamb;
Harry Towb as Priest;
Hugh O'Conor as Owen Kane;
Frances Tomelty as Mrs. Kane;
Ian Bannen as Brother Benedict;
Ronan Wilmot as Brother Fintan;
Denis Carey as Mr. Lamb;
Eileen Kennally as Neighbour Woman;
David Gorry as O'Donnell;
Andrew Pickering as Murphy;
Stuart O'Connor as O'Holloran;
Ian McElhinney as Maguire;
Bernadette McKenna as Jeweller's Assistant;
Jessica Saunders as Bank Teller on Boat;
Robert Hamilton as Stranger at Holyhead