A Greyhound of a Girl (2024)
Director: Enzo D'Alò Run Time: 85 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Infussi D'Amico, Franco Mannella, Maria Pia Di Meo, Maricla Affatato, Sharon Horgan, Valentina Favazza
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, Estonia, Germany, Latvia
Language: English, Luxembourgish, Italian, German
About the film:
World Premiere 2023 Berlinale | Animation Jury Award winner, 2023 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. Eleven year old Mary has an insatiable passion for cooking, and dreams of become a great chef. Her grandmother Emer, with whom she has a very special relationship, encourages her to make this dream come true. But every path has its obstacles, and facing them turns into quite an adventure. In this delicate coming-of-age story, filled with joy and laughter, we join four generations of women as they head off on a glorious journey together. One that takes them down memory lane and gives them the opportunity to learn about each other, truly and deeply.
Based on the 2011 children’s book of the same name by Roddy Doyle. Voice cast includes Sharon Horgan and Brendan Gleeson.
“A celebration of female kinship”
—Hilary White for Irish Independent
About the filmmaker:
Best known for his debut, How the Toys Saved Christmas (1996), Enzo d’Alò’s sophomore feature, based on The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her To Fly by Luis Sepúlveda, Lucky and Zorba (2001), and Momo, the Conquest of Time (2003). His latest animated effort, A Greyhound of a Girl (2024), premiered in the Generation Kplus at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).
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