Baltimore
Directed by
Written by
  • Joe Lawlor
  • Christine Molloy
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Comerford
Edited by
  • Joe Lawlor
  • Christine Molloy
Music byStephen McKeon
Production
companies
Distributed byBankside Films
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom

Baltimore is a 2023 thriller film directed by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy. It is based on the life of Rose Dugdale, an heiress-turned-IRA member, played by Imogen Poots. The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2023.

Plot

Rose Dugdale is former debutante who left England to become a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. In April 1974, she leads an art heist at Russborough House, the home of Sir Alfred Beit.

The film's title refers to the village of Baltimore in County Cork.

Cast

Reception

Wilson Chapman of IndieWire commended Imogen Poots's performance, writing that "Baltimore ultimately hinges on Poots to do most of the heavy work, and the consistently great actor is magnetic in the role, nervy and vulnerable but with a clear-eyed belief in her own convictions that makes her pop off the screen. If the movie isn't ever quite able to inspire the same devotion from the audience that Rose Dugdale has for her cause, watching a protagonist as compelling as her still makes for a thrilling 90 minutes and change."[1] Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist echoed these sentiments, writing that "Poots is riveting as a revolutionary, and the drama knows how to pitch the escalation of intensity, but Baltimore and its sense of guilt and conscience is too obscure to affect the average viewer."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Chapman, Wilson (1 September 2023). "'Baltimore' Review: Imogen Poots Carries a True-Life Marxist Art Heist Film". IndieWire. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Perez, Rodrigo (2 September 2023). "'Baltimore' Review: Imogen Poots Leads A Moody & Jagged Drama About Heiress Turned Marxist Radical [Telluride]". The Playlist. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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