A child of sadness
| Movie | |
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| German title | A child of sadness |
| Original title | Pure |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gillies MacKinnon |
| script | Alison Hume |
| production | Howard Burch |
| music | Nitin Sawhney |
| camera | John de Borman |
| cut | Pia Di Ciaula |
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A Child of Sadness (Original Title: Pure ) is a British drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon from 2002.
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Ten year old Paul lives with his mother Mel and younger brother in a shabby area in London's East End. After the death of his father, Paul is suddenly on his own, because his mother Mel has long since passed responsibility for her life to her dealer Lenny, who not only supplies her with heroin, but is also her lover. But Paul fights relentlessly to win back his drug-addicted mother and protect his little brother. He gets help from his waitress friend Louise. It wasn't until Mel was devastated and confronted with the devastating effects of her drug addiction on her family that there was hope again ...
Reviews
- Kevin Thomas described Harry Eden's game as courageous in the Los Angeles Times . The film is realistic, sentimental and brutal.
Awards
- Manfred Salzgeber Prize of the Berlin International Film Festival for Gillies MacKinnon and Harry Eden in 2003
- Prize of the Emden International Film Festival for Gillies MacKinnon in 2003
Remarks
The drama was shot in London .
Web links
- A child of sadness in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A sad child in the online film database
- A child of sadness at Rotten Tomatoes (English)