Red Road
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Original title | Red Road |
Country of production | Great Britain |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2006 |
length | 113 minutes |
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Director | Andrea Arnold |
script | Andrea Arnold |
production | Carrie Comerford |
camera | Robbie Ryan |
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Red Road is the debut feature film by British director Andrea Arnold . It is about an officer who works in a comprehensive surveillance center and suddenly abuses her position in her own interest.
The film is the first in the so-called " Advance Party ". A trilogy of films, all of which have to meet a list of specific requirements: For example, all stories should take place in Scotland, with the same characters and actors. The concept was devised by Lars von Trier and Lone Scherfig, among others .
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Officer Jackie Morrison works in a Glasgow surveillance center that covers the entire city and is supposed to observe, solve and prevent crimes. Jackie leads an apparently unspectacular life, with a not particularly exciting everyday life.
But one day she discovers a man she seems to know from before on one of her monitors. She makes inquiries about him, and it is learned that he has just been released from prison. As a viewer, however, you do not find out for a long time what he was accused of or what his relationship with Jackie is.
She now uses the technical possibilities that are given her by her work, instead of fighting crime more and more to observe Clyde Henderson - that is the name of the mysterious man - and to scout out his life; where he works, where he drinks in the evening and who his friends are. She also follows him in her free time: visits his neighborhood, his local pub and tries to get into his circles.
She succeeds in seducing Clyde only to report to the police that he has raped her. It becomes clear that from the start, her only intention was to get Clyde back into jail.
Clyde's friend and old cellmate Stevie then visits Jackie in her apartment and threatens her, whereupon she tells us that Clyde once drove a car under the influence of drugs and that her husband and daughter were killed in an accident.
Then she withdraws the charge against Clyde and seeks him again for a debate. In the meantime he could remember who she was and talked to Jackie about her motive and about his accident that cost her family their lives.
Awards
- 2006 Cannes Jury Prize
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Screenplay
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Actress in a Scottish Film (Kate Dickie)
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Actor in a Scottish Film (Tony Curran)
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Director
- BAFTA Scotland 2006 - Best Film
- London Film Festival 2006 - Sutherland Trophy
Web links
- Red Road in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- British Films Catalog
- Cannes director urges CCTV debate
- Sigma Films
- Verve Pictures
Individual evidence
- ^ Festival de Cannes: Red Road . In: festival-cannes.com . Retrieved December 13, 2009.