Underplayed Gems

Garage (2007)

Garage poster
Directed by
Lenny Abrahamson
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
15
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely petrol station attendant in rural Ireland starts to break out of his isolated routine. He makes tentative connections with the people around him.

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What happens

Garage is a 2007 drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Mark O'Halloran, the same team behind Adam & Paul. It stars Pat Shortt, Anne-Marie Duff and Conor J. Ryan. The film tells the story of a lonely petrol station attendant and how he slowly begins to come out of his shell. Garage won the CICAE Art and Essai Cinema Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Film prize at the 25th Torino Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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