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Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)

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When the kinetic Rory moves into his room in the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, his effect on the home is immediate. Most telling is his friendship with Michael, a young man with cerebral palsy and nearly unintelligible speech. Somehow, Rory understands Michael, and encourages him to experience life outside the confines of home.

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Michael Connolly
Alan King ...
Tommy
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Eileen
Ruth McCabe ...
Annie
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Anna Healy ...
Alice
Tom Hickey ...
Con O'Shea
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Girl in Pub
Rachel Hanna ...
Girl in Pub
Emmet Kirwan ...
Angry Man
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Pat Shortt ...
Nightclub Doorman
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Derbhle Crotty ...
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Donal Toolan ...
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In Dublin, the crippled rebel Rory O'Shea moves to the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, affecting the lives of the residents. Rory is able to understand the unintelligible speech of Michael Connolly, who was left in the shelter by his prominent father many years ago due to his cerebral palsy, and they become close friends. Rory convinces Michael to move from Carrigmore to an apartment in Dublin, and they hire the gorgeous Siobhan to assist them. Living together with Rory, Michael faces a new world, finding friendship, love and freedom and learning to survive by his own. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Live life like you mean it.

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15 October 2004 (UK)  »

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Opening Weekend:

£219,256 (UK) (15 October 2004)

Gross:

$21,864 (USA) (18 February 2005)
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While researching and talking with people who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, James McAvoy discovered that people who suffer from this disease would rather be ignored than pitied. See more »

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Interview Panelist: What was your purpose in coming here today?
Michael Connolly: A right must exist independently of its exercise.
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Incidental Music
Written by Paul Reade
From the TV Series Crystal Tipps and Alistair (1972)
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A Lively Demand for Freedom for the Disabled
8 February 2005 | by (Queens, NY) – See all my reviews

"Rory O'Shea Was Here (Inside I'm Dancing)" is a marvelous lead showcase for the talented James McAvoy who up to now has been a cocky secondary character in movies such as "Wimbledon" and memorable television such as "State of Play." But there his bad boy brashness is supported by a whirlwind of movement and sensuality whereas here all he can use in portraying a spark plug with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is his voice and expressions. His "Rory" takes hold of a condescending home for "special people" the way Jack Nicholson shook up the mental ward in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." He is a rebel with a cause -- freedom.

Steven Robertson as the pal he dynamites out of perhaps too simple complacency is achingly convincing as a young man with cerebral palsy who gradually learns he has a potential to fulfill, emotionally and intellectually.

The film is particularly good at creating very individual characters with specific family and class situations, as well as making good use of the Dublin environment.

While there are some clichés along the way, as well as a few overly convenient plot points, the film with humor, liveliness and poignancy (and a cool soundtrack) sticks our face in large issues about the helping bureaucracy, the need to individuate independent living opportunities, with particular attention to age differences, and our attitudes about the physically disabled.


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