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Director
Andre F. Nebe
Credits
Producers: Michael Garland, Martin Hageman. Writer: Rowan O'Neill
Category
FeatureFamily & Teen
An uplifting family drama about a young girl breaking barriers, The Race has thirteen year old Mary Kensay (Niamh McGirr) challenge the expectations of her rural Northern Irish community by dreaming of becoming a racing driver. Her ambitions, however, are met with disdain from father Frank (Colm Meaney), as well as from her community when she enters a local karting rally. Undeterred by all obstacles she relentlessly pursues her goal in a story full of heart-warming energy, one which celebrates the empowerment of a young woman fulfilling her potential in the face of her community’s resistance.
84 minutes, Ireland/Germany, 2009, Colour
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