26° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
BRITISH RENAISSANCE: tribute to Dennis Potter
BRIMSTONE & TREACLE
by Barry Davis
Country: UK
Year: 1976
Duration: 72'
A bourgeois couple is taking care of their
disabled daughter. On day an unknown
guest breaks into their home and turns
their lives upside-down: it is the Devil.
This is Dennis Potter’s most controversial
story, commissioned and realized in 1976
by the BBC, which nonetheless censored
it and only put it on the air in 1987.
Very quick dialogues for a parody about
religious convictions and respectability.
Biography
film director
Barry Davis
Barry Davis (1936-1990)
FILMOGRAFIA
Mr Rose (ep. The Heralds of Death, ep. The Unlucky Dip, mm, TV, 1968), Take Three
Girls (ep. The Private Sector, mm, TV, 1971), Play for Today (ep. Mummy and Daddy, TV, 1973), The Contractor (TV, 1974), Play for Today (ep. Schmoedipus, ep. Baby Love, ep. Eleanor, TV, 1974; ep. The Saturday Party, ep. The Floater, TV, 1975; ep. Your Man from Six Counties, ep. Brimstone and Treacle, TV, 1976; ep. Do as I Say, ep. Campion’s
Interview, Gotcha, ep. The Country Party, TV, 1977; ep. Katie: The Year of a Child, TV,
1979), Tales of the Unexpected (ep. Would You Believe It?, cm, TV, 1981), When We Are
Married (TV, 1987), What the Butler Saw (TV, 1987), Tales of the Unexpected (ep. The
Colonel’s Lady, cm, TV, 1988), Separation (TV, 1990).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Barry Davis
sceneggiatura/screenplay Dennis Potter
fotografia/cinematography Peter Bartlett
montaggio/film editing Tony Woollard
scenografia/production design Colin Shaw
costumi/costume design John Bloomfield
suono/sound Doug Mawson
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Denholm Elliott (il signor/Mr Bates), Michael Kitchen (Martin), Patricia Lawrence (la signora/Mrs Bates), Michelle Newell (Pattie)
produttore/producer Kenith Trodd
produzione/production BBC
sceneggiatura/screenplay Dennis Potter
fotografia/cinematography Peter Bartlett
montaggio/film editing Tony Woollard
scenografia/production design Colin Shaw
costumi/costume design John Bloomfield
suono/sound Doug Mawson
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Denholm Elliott (il signor/Mr Bates), Michael Kitchen (Martin), Patricia Lawrence (la signora/Mrs Bates), Michelle Newell (Pattie)
produttore/producer Kenith Trodd
produzione/production BBC