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Christine

1987 · 52 min

A quiet, grey trudge through empty suburban streets, numbing and sad, with little warmth or release.

Directed by
Alan Clarke
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Vicky Murdock, Kelly George, Mark Harvey
Overview
Christine is a pasty-faced teen in a windbreaker and ill-fitting striped shirt who walks endlessly from one friend's house to another, delivering heroin while their parents are absent.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Alan Clarke
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Vicky Murdock, Kelly George, Mark Harvey
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • addiction
    • isolation
    • loneliness
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • suburbs
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness7
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    tv movie, drama
    Directed by
    Alan Clarke
    Written by
    Arthur Ellis, Alan Clarke
    Starring
    Vicky Murdock, Kelly George, Mark Harvey, Joanne Mapp, Anthony Smith
    Cinematography
    Steve Saunderson, David Jackson
    Runtime
    52 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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