United Kingdom 2018 — 107min
OV (German subtitles, SDH)
Introduction with Austrian Sign Language interpretation
Films with additional German subtitles (SDH)
In cooperation with dotdotdot and equalizent
The award-winning British photographer Richard Billingham made his first debut feature a brutally honest autobiography about his childhood in Birmingham of the late 1970s and 80s. Caged into a dilapidated apartment, the family consists of his alcoholic father Ray, chain-smoking and violent mother Liz and neglected younger brother Jason. Despite its unforgiving bleakness, Billingham’s working-class film allows for moments of affection and even optimism without drifting into a cliché. His gaze remains raw and unflinching; the narrative rhythm reflecting the disjointed yet vivid memories of a child.
Credits
Cast: Michelle Bonnard, Ella Smith, Justin Salinger, Tony Way, Sam Gittins, Andrew Jefferson-Tierney
Screenplay: Richard Billingham
Cinematography: Daniel Landin
Editing: Tracy Granger
Sound: Joakim Sundström
Production: Primitive Film
Intro
Talk with Ana de Almeida (Künstlerin) & Günter Kaindlstorfer (Ö1)