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Dreams of a Life

In January 2006, the decomposing body of 38-year-old Joyce Vincent was found in her North London bedsit, next to a pile of half-opened Christmas gifts and a blaring TV set, still on three years after her death. Using this news item as a starting point - which by the way wasn’t even accompanied by a single photograph - British filmmaker Carol Morley composes the pieces of a mysterious puzzle by tracking down ex-boyfriends, friends and colleagues from the young woman’s past.

In January 2006, the decomposing body of 38-year-old Joyce Vincent was found in her North London bedsit, next to a pile of half-opened Christmas gifts and a blaring TV set, still on three years after her death. Using this news item as a starting point - which by the way wasn’t even accompanied by a single photograph - British filmmaker Carol Morley composes the pieces of a mysterious puzzle by tracking down ex-boyfriends, friends and colleagues from the young woman’s past. Using their confessions, along with dramatized fragments of Joyce’s life, Morley tries to shed light on her enigmatic character. Who was Joyce after all? How could this seemingly sociable, ambitious and attractive woman be led to such an isolated state? Visually resourceful and haunted by myriads of unanswered questions, "Dreams of a Life" is a heart-wrenching descend into the innards of modernday metropolises, where loneliness is the rule of the day. Official selection at the London and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals. Th.P.


dreams of a life / όνειρα μιας ζωής - trailer από NyxtesPremieras

Σκηνοθεσία / Director: Carol Morley

Σενάριο / Screewriter: Carol Morley

Φωτογραφία / DoP: Mary Farbrother, Lynda Hall

Μουσική / Music: Barry Adamson

Μοντάζ / Editor: Chris Wyatt

Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast: Zawe Ashton, Neelam Bakshi, Jonathan Harden, Cornell John, Jay Simpson

Ην. Βασίλειο, Ιρλανδία / UK, Ireland

2011

Εγχρωμο / Color

95'

Αγγλικά / English

* Screened on September 22nd


    Publication date: 2012-09-13 12:10:00