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Donkeys (2010)

Donkeys poster
Directed by
Morag McKinnon
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
15
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An old man in a small Scottish town wants to make amends for past mistakes before he dies. His attempts to do the right thing get tangled up with his grown children and the people around him.

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What happens

Donkeys is a 2010 Scottish independent feature film, directed by Morag McKinnon and starring James Cosmo, Kate Dickie, Martin Compston, Brian Pettifer, and Natalie Press. It was awarded best feature film at the 2011 British Academy Scotland Awards, and Cosmo was named best actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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