The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005)

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005) (DVD) (*)

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

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Thomas Clay

Written By:
Thomas Clay
Joseph Lang

Actors:
Nikki Albon ..... Newsreader
Zoey Campbell ..... Charlotte
Anne Devlin ..... Rose Franklin
Rob Dixon ..... John Kramer
Danny Dyer ..... Larry Haydn
Sam Gurney ..... Toby
Michael Howe ..... Jonathan Abbott
Ami Instone ..... Marie
Stuart Laing ..... Stuart Reeves
Mick Larkin ..... Roy Kingsley
Lesley Manville ..... Sarah Carmichael (as Leslie Manville)
Charles Mnene ..... Ben
Muriaf Salman ..... Ussef Abel
Donna Shilling ..... Alice
Daniel Spencer ..... Robert Carmichael
Hilary Tones ..... Ruth
Emma Vance ..... Marie's Friend
Miranda Wilson ..... Monica Abbott
Ryan Winsley ..... Joe

Synopsis:

In a small English town, three teenage boys are drawn into a world of temptation, violence and destruction. Bored, troubled, excluded and unable to accept or even to recognize moral boundaries, they move inexorably towards a shocking act that will horrify their sleepy community and expose its deepest, hidden fears. Brutal, explosive and uncompromising, The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael is a devastating account of the depths to which people can sink and features an outstanding performance from Danny Dyer at his most vicious, malevolent and ferocious best.

In a small English coastal town, three teenage boys are drawn into a world of temptation and violence. Bored, troubled, excluded, unable either to accept or to recognize moral boundaries, their actions move inexorably towards a shocking act that will devastate the sleepy community. Brutal, poetic, explosive, infused with a dark and ironic wit, 24-year-old director Thomas Clay's extraordinary film issues a fierce challenge to the complacency of our times and heralds the arrival of a remarkable new British talent.

An introverted, socially awkward, middle-class youth, Robert Carmichael, is a talented cello player but is bored by his existence in the coastal town of Newhaven. He becomes associated with several other unsavory teenagers, and is soon tempted into the use of hard drugs like cocaine and ecstasy. Robert initially does not take part in the rape of a teenage girl in a squalid flat with the gang, but later joins in another violent attack on a middle-aged couple, with the woman involved being viciously raped.

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