Director
Philip Saville
Composer
Mark Knopfler
Cast
Christian Bale, Lee Ross, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein
Edition 1997
101'
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1997
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Drama, Comedy
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Dialogue:
English
Chris and Toni grew up together in suburban London in the early sixties. In an age full of angry young men they excelled in their rebellion against the values of middle class England and dreamt of the jazz clubs and boulevards of Paris. Trapped in “Metroland”, the suburban sprawl at the end of the London Underground’s Metropolitan Line they were the best of friends. By the end of the sixties both escaped. Toni disappeared to Africa while Chris went to work in Paris to live with Annick, a liberated young French girl who embodied the freedom he dreamt of as a young man...
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Credits
Directors
Philip Saville
Composers
Mark Knopfler
Cast
Christian Bale, Lee Ross, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein
Scenario
Adrian Hodges
Director of Photography
Jean-François Robin
Editors
Greg Miller
Producers
Andrew Bendel
More info
Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United Kingdom, France
Screenplay based on
Metroland (Julian Barnes)
Year
1997