Nil by Mouth ( Ne pas avaler )

Nil by Mouth (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ne pas avaler
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Gary Oldman

Written By:
Gary Oldman

Actors:
Ray Winstone ..... Ray
Kathy Burke ..... Valerie
Charlie Creed-Miles ..... Billy
Laila Morse ..... Janet
Edna Doré ..... Kath
Chrissie Cotterill ..... Paula
Jon Morrison ..... Angus
Jamie Foreman ..... Mark
Steve Sweeney ..... Danny
Terry Rowley ..... M.C. in Club
Sam Miller ..... Club Comic
Leah Fitzgerald ..... Michelle
Gerry Bromfield ..... Drug Dealer
Neil Maskell ..... Schmuddie
Sid Golder ..... Old Guy in Window

Synopsis:

A working class British family struggles with their demons -- sometimes violently -- in this intensely emotional drama that marked the directorial debut of actor Gary Oldman. Janet (Laila Morse) is a widowed factory worker who shares her home with her aged mother Kath (Edna Dore), her daughter Valerie (Kathy Burke), her son Billy (Charlie Creed-Miles), and Valerie's husband Ray (Ray Winstone). Ray is an unstable and out-of-work alcoholic who often uses his pregnant wife as a punching bag, while Billy is a drug addict whose habit has led Janet to throw him out of the house more then once, only to take him back later. Janet is uncertain about what to do when Ray's latest tirade sends Valerie to the emergency room, and Janet also has to come to terms with the financial and emotional costs of Billy's addiction. Kathy Burke, Ray Winstone, and Laila Morse all received prizes from the 1997 British Independent Film Awards for their work in Nil by Mouth; Burke also received Best Actress honors at that year's Cannes Film Festival.

Set in South London. A portrait of a dysfunctional working-class family.

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