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Red Road

2006 · 113 min

A slow, quietly tense character study that feels raw and unsettling, with a lingering emotional weight.

Directed by
Andrea Arnold
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston
Overview
Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.

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Directed by
Andrea Arnold
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • revenge
  • obsession
  • deception
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Andrea Arnold
Written by
Andrea Arnold, Anders Thomas Jensen, Lone Scherfig
Starring
Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Natalie Press, Paul Higgins, John Comerford, Andrew Armour, Carolyn Calder
Music
Glenn Gregory
Cinematography
Robbie Ryan
Runtime
113 min
Country
Denmark, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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