Jackie works a job that many would find dull; she is a CCTV operator but one that gets a perverse kick out of watching others going about their everyday business; that is until a... more
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Jackie works a job that many would find dull; she is a CCTV operator but one that gets a
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perverse kick out of watching others going about their everyday business; that is until a day in which a man appears on her monitor: A man from her past and one th...
Advantages: Absolutely none. Disadvantages: Too many to list...
CAST:
Kate Dickie as Jackie Tony Curran as Clyde Martin Compston as Stevie Nathalie Press as April Andrew Armour as Alfred Director and Writer: Andrea Arnold
27 October 2006 (UK) Drama/Thriller
Kate Dickie plays Jackie, a CCTV operator who spends her life watching others whilst never truly possessing a life of her own. Apart from a few lost moments of intimacy with a married man in the cramped confines of his vehicle, she is a loner and leads ... ...was once married to a man she adored, and the proud mother of a lovely child... but all that ended years earlier when a tragic accident took the lives of her husband and child. Since then, she has been living in limbo... until the day when she sees a man on one of her CCTV cameras that brings all the anger of her loss back to the surface. This is the man who ruined her life... and now she is going to ruin his.
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Actor(s): Kate Duchene, Natalie Press, Tony Curran, Martin Compston
Director(s): Andrea Arnold
Genre: Drama
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 2006
Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Video Category: World Cinema Feature Film
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): DRAKES AVENUE PICTURES; WORLD CINEMA
Release date: 26/02/2007
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: VER 7738
Barcode: 5055159277389
Writer: Andrea Arnold
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
Jackie works a job that many would find dull; she is a CCTV operator but one that gets a perverse kick out of watching others going about their everyday business; that is until a day in which a man appears on her monitor: A man from her past and one that she never wanted to see again. Now she has no alternative but to confront both the man, and the demons inside herself.
Technical information
Special Features: Trailer, Behind the scenes, Cast interviews
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital
Professional reviews
Review: The REAR WINDOW-style atmosphere... tension... has the feel of a Michael Haneke film (The Guardian, 03/11/2006)
A stark, riveting revenge drama... deserves to be viewed... compulsive (Total Film, 03/11/2006)
