Desolation - 16 Years of Alcohol

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Movie
German title Desolation - 16 Years of Alcohol
Original title 16 years of alcohol
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2003
length 102 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Richard Jobson
script Richard Jobson
production Richard Jobson, Mark Burton
music Keith Atack
camera John Rhodes
cut Giannis Halkiadakis
occupation

Desolation - 16 Years of Alcohol is a British film directed by Richard Jobson and screened at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2003 . He was significantly influenced by Clockwork Orange and Trainspotting . The plot is based on a book by the director from 1987.

action

In the opening scene you can see Frankie, the protagonist of the film, being knocked down by a small group of men. Whether he will survive is left open.

The rest of the film is a flashback and can be roughly divided into three parts. Frankie's troubled childhood, his time as a skinhead, and a time of change where he tries to believe in hope and love. He starts a relationship with Helen and decides to join Alcoholics Anonymous or a similar group. Helen studies art and works in a record shop. When the differences between them become too obvious, she leaves him. Frankie later joins a theater company in which he meets Mary, with whom he begins an affair. After a while, she also disregards him, but without any significant reason. He decides to apologize to her, and on the way to see her, he is matched and beaten up by his former friends.

Others

  • Since the film is set in Scotland in the 1970s, the original version also speaks with a Scottish accent.
  • 16 Years Of Alcohol received mostly above-average reviews.
  • The film was shot on the Black Sands beach in Aberdour, among other places .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archives of the Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved June 5, 2011 .