Drama

The Road Dance

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.

Release Date : 2022-05-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

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Cast

Character Name : Kirsty MacLeod

Original Name : Hermione Corfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mairi MacLeod

Original Name : Morven Christie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor MacLean

Original Name : Mark Gatiss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Murdo MacAulay

Original Name : Will Fletcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annie MacLeod

Original Name : Ali Fumiko Whitney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Constable MacRae

Original Name : Ian Pirie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skipper

Original Name : Jeff Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kirsty’s Father

Original Name : David Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Kirsty

Original Name : Felicity Keenan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Iain Ban

Original Name : Tom Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Calum Morrison

Original Name : Scott Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Peggy

Original Name : Alison Peebles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angus

Original Name : Luke Nunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Sean Gilder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mack Morrison

Original Name : Liam Brennan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morag Morrison

Original Name : Leigh Biagi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minister MacIver

Original Name : Forbes Masson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aileen MacAulay

Original Name : Frances Grey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alasdair MacAulay

Original Name : Caleb Johnston-Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Connolly

Original Name : Jimmy Yuill

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-07-14

With the Great War fast approaching, this story focusses on the young "Kirsty" (Hermione Corfield) who is well and truly enamoured of the slightly bookish "Murdo" (Will Fletcher). Their formal courtship follows all of the traditions of the Hebridean customs with due deference paid to the minister and the rules of the kirk. They do plan to marry, everyone expects and approves of that - but then the island's young men are conscripted. Individually, they might be posted anywhere but if they join up together, though, then they will be posted together - so a road dance is arranged to help send them on their way. Now plumbing on the island isn't what it might be, so "Kirsty" heads into the heather and that's where the story turns quite heinous. "Murdo" heads off to war completely unaware that his beloved is now the owner of an increasingly terrible secret that is going to change the life of her, her mother (Morven Christie) and sister (Ali Fumiko Whitney) forever. Tragedies for this girl are like busses, they take their time then come in clutches - and the surfeit of bad news facing the young girl forces her to drastic measures that require her family to rally round and shield her from the eyes of the curious constable (Ian Pirie) before coming to terms with a scenario that seems hopeless. This is a beautifully shot feature showing off the bleak beauty of the Isle of Lewis whilst showing us something of the sense of the slightly puritanical and fairly subsistence community that existed there in the 1930s. Corfield delivers convincingly as the plot develops, engaging charmingly with the young Fletcher then exuding some of the courage required by this young girl dealing with an unwanted situation on just about every front. The denouement is a little but rushed, but the film ultimately has an acceptable degree of completeness that stays just the right side of sentimentality.