Country: UK
Year: 1985
Duration: 102'
A student decides, for no apparent reason,
to kill himself with a gun during an
afternoon visit to a teacher. The country
is in shock and inspector Langon tries to
reconstruct the student’s life. Daily
repressions and pent-up cruelties in this
ferocious Pinter-like portrait of the British
province. Written and directed by David
Hare, with Vanessa Redgrave.
Biography
film director
David Hare
David Hare (St Leonards, GB/UK, 1947)
FILMOGRAFIA
Play for Today (ep. Licking Hitler, TV, 1978; ep. Dreams of Leaving, TV, 1980), Wetherby
(Il mistero di Wetherby, 1985), Paris by Night (id., 1988), Strapless (Spalle nude, 1989), Heading Home (TV, 1991), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (ep. Paris, May 1919; ep. Le avventure del giovane Indiana Jones, ep. Parigi, 1919, 1993), The Designated Mourner (1997).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/ director, screenplay David Hare
fotografia/cinematography Stuart Harris
scenografia/production design Hayden Griffin
costumi/costume design Jane Greenwood
montaggio/film editing Chris Wimble
musica/music Nick Bicât
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Vanessa Redgrave (Jean Travers), Ian Holm (Stanley Pilborough), Judi Dench
(Marcia Pilborough), Stuart Wilson (Mike Langdon), Tim McInnerny (John Morgan)
produttore/producer Simon Relph
produzione/production Film Four International, Greenpoint Films, Zenith
fotografia/cinematography Stuart Harris
scenografia/production design Hayden Griffin
costumi/costume design Jane Greenwood
montaggio/film editing Chris Wimble
musica/music Nick Bicât
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Vanessa Redgrave (Jean Travers), Ian Holm (Stanley Pilborough), Judi Dench
(Marcia Pilborough), Stuart Wilson (Mike Langdon), Tim McInnerny (John Morgan)
produttore/producer Simon Relph
produzione/production Film Four International, Greenpoint Films, Zenith