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Genres:
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Drama
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Director:
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Gary Oldman
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Actors:
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Neil Maskell,
Chrissie Cotterill,
Charlie Creed-Miles,
Steve Sweeney,
Laila Morse,
Jon Morrison,
Terry Rowley,
Leah Fitzgerald,
Gerry Bromfield,
Sid Golder,
Ray Winstone,
Kathy Burke,
Edna Doré,
Jamie Foreman,
Sam Miller
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Duration:
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123 min.
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Rating:
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(7.3/10)79
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Plot Summary:
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The m‚nage of Raymond, his wife Val and her chum Billy living in working-class London region. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a benumb addict and Raymond kicks him doused of the theatre, making him conclude on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and impassive violent child, and that leads to problems in the life of the relatives.
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Tags:
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Nil by Mouth
Actor Gary Oldman steps behind the camera for this tale of tough living in South London
Gary Oldman makes his directorial debut and it is a masterwork. Winstone is a violent alcoholic who rules his house with his fists, lashing out at his wife (Burke, an astonishingly good, award-winning performance) and her drug addict brother (Creed-Miles) and terrorizing the rest of the family. Oldman says there is an autobiographical element to the film and sets it in south-east London's poverty-stricken Deptford area, using many of the locals as extras. There is amazing and consistent power here, the performances are jaw-dropping in their reality, and Oldman's direction is so sure and strong that it creates images and situations that are branded into the memory.
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