Just Who Is This William Keane Character?

Ambiguity is a sticking point to our being fully engaged with his plight in ‘Keane’ — and, for that matter, the film overall.

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Abigail Breslin in ‘Keane.’ Grasshopper Film

The Francesca Beale Theater at Lincoln Center is hosting a run of “Keane,” director Lodge Kerrigan’s 2005 film about a missing child, upon the occasion of its transferral to a high-resolution 4K format from a 35mm camera negative. Those of us who missed the picture during its initial release will have to take it on faith that the “new” version is of a better or, at least different, visual quality. 

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