Movie

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009 · 105 min

A grim, rain-soaked trudge through institutional rot and buried guilt that leaves you cold and unsettled long after.

Tagline: Nine years on, another Morley child has gone missing on her way home from school.
Overview: Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Corruption, justice, guilt, isolation
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
justice
guilt
isolation
betrayal
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild