Keane

Keane

classified 15

part of Psychosis on Screen

Film

Please note: This was screened in June 2016

Director
Lodge Kerrigan
Cast
Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan
Details
100 mins, 2004, USA

Bleak and brutally honest, Lodge Kerrigan's brilliant drama chronicles the daily rituals of a disturbed man who feels responsible for the abduction of his daughter. Keane is an intense character study of a man whose life has been destroyed by a tragic event, leaving him mentally ill.

Keane spends his days wandering around New York’s Port Authority searching for his 7-year-old girl, obsessively retracing his steps, consumed by guilt and self-loathing. Damian Lewis gives the performance of a lifetime, perfectly capturing Keane’s desperation. Director Kerrigan strips his characters clean of sentimentality, and uses his camera as an extension of Keane's body, to reinforce his search for truth. Jittery hand-held camera work takes us right alongside Keane on his endless walkabouts: become part of the experience - if you dare participate. Unshakably harrowing and deeply moving, this is a remarkable portrait of a wounded man.

Introduced by the local author of bestseller The Shock of the Fall, Nathan Flier. Presented by Bristol Health Partners.


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