The Obama family have interesting taste in film

Well, we can’t say we knew the Obama family particularly closely. However we imagined that they would have their pick of the latest and not-yet released films to pick from on their holidays.

Jurassic World seemed like a decent guess, considering the huge box office hit that it has become. Also, considering oldest daughter Malia is an intern for HBO’s Girls, we think she would have some pretty good suggestions for the family DVD night.

According to Page Six, it turns out the for their upcoming Matha’s Vineyeard holiday, the family requested a copy of Jimmy’s Hall.

The film follows the journey of Jame Gralton who was the only ever Irish man to be deported from the country in 1933. When he returns after his 10 year exile, he finds Ireland in the middle of the Depression.

The film, which debuted at Cannes in 2014 and was nominated for the Palme d’Or award, follows James as he tries to bring some life back into a community centre. The dance lessons that take place get the Catholic community in the area pretty worked up.

Simone Kirby, who plays Oonagh was nominated for an IFTA award this year for her performance.

Directed by Ken Loach, who is known for making some social activist type films, James is seen as a kind of “undesirable alien”.

Sounds interesting. We wonder is Sasha and Malia would agree though.

We were also wondering if their might be a connection to Barack’s Irish heritage, but seeing as James Gralton was from Leitrim, it seems like a bit of a stretch.

Not exactly the light-hearted rom-com we would envision for summer holidays but everyone is different.