A child of sadness

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Movie
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
occupation

A Child of Sadness (Original Title: Pure ) is a British drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon from 2002.

action

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

Individual evidence

  1. Los Angeles Times