Control

Within the short span of 23 years, the legendary Joy Divison lead singer Ian Curtis managed to rise to fame, change the course of music history and vanish like a shooting star. From his birth in Manchester to his marriage at 19, his epileptic fits and his mysterious death on May 18 1980, Ian Curtis was every inch the poète maudit. In his black and white biography, director Anton Corbijn looks beyond press releases and plunges into Curtis’s deepest fears and paranoia to reveal the man behind the legend. A bold portrayal of a great musical pioneer, Control received the CICAE Art and Essai Award for Best Film at Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Anton Corbijn
Screenwriter: Matt Greenhalgh
Cinematography: Martin Ruhe
Editing: Andrew Hulme
Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson

UK / USA, B & W English, 121΄
Format: 35mm