Red Road

2006 1h 53m EN

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6.5

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6.8

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★6.5TMDB · 228🍅87%Rotten Tomatoes●73Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 14,264

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kate Dickie
Jackie
Tony Curran
Clyde Henderson
Martin Compston
Stevie
Natalie Press
April
Paul Higgins
Avery
John Comerford
Man with Dog
Andrew Armour
Alfred
Carolyn Calder
Cleaner

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrea Arnold
Writers: Lone Scherfig, Andrea Arnold, Anders Thomas Jensen
Languages: English
Countries: Denmark, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom.

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ERA

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Directed by Andrea Arnold, shot by Robbie Ryan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Glenn Gregory. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nicolas Chaudeurge shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kate Dickie and Tony Curran and Martin Compston carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt0471030 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Andrea Arnold directs. Robbie Ryan behind the camera. Glenn Gregory scores. Nicolas Chaudeurge cuts. Produced in Denmark, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 20 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom.
3Directed by Andrea Arnold, shot by Robbie Ryan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Glenn Gregory. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Nicolas Chaudeurge shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kate Dickie and Tony Curran and Martin Compston carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0471030 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 12 themes, including "rape", "glasgow, scotland", "loss of loved one", "video surveillance".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Original score: Glenn Gregory
Editing: Nicolas Chaudeurge
Production design: Helen Scott
Costume design: Carole Millar
Makeup / hair: Sarah Fidelo
VFX supervisor: Jonathan Privett
Sound: Kahl Henderson
Stunt coordinator: Dan Morgan
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,128,345
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Red Road (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 87% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 73/100
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 14,264 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award22 wins & 12 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2024-09-01
★ 7/10
"Jackie" (Kate Dickie) has a job supervising an array of CCTV cameras monitoring the city overnight. It's pretty dull work watching the drunks go home, or keeping an eye out for the opportunistic criminals who share Glasgow's streets during the wee small hours with the foxes that scavenge the waste ground. One morning, she espies a couple in flagrante delicto up against the wall of the Jet garage and she thinks she recognises the man. A bit more investigation and she discovers that this is, indeed, "Clyde" (Tony Curran). She becomes more and more obsessed with this man, and swiftly we appreciate that she has some unfinished business with him. She develops quite a cunning plan and sets about implementing a sting operation with quite a devious twist - one that she hopes will offer her some closure and a degree of retribution for his actions past. Gradually we become aware of just what did happen, but the presentation avoids making it a simple good v. evil style story, but actually one as much about redemption and maybe even forgiveness. Dickie holds it together well enough but maybe she's left to do a bit too much of the heavy lifting as neither Curran nor Martin Compston's "Stevie" do very much to add any depth to a screenplay or characterisation that does take it's time to get going. True, that might illustrate a little of the mundanity of her job, but that's no reason to impose that on an audience keen to establish just who's who to whom. There is some fairly graphic sex, but it's not prurient - it's all part of the natural evolution of her plan within a bigger plan - and that works effectively. It also makes you realise that it's not that hard to concoct a story plausible to many that's a complete work of well orchestrated fiction too. Shave twenty minutes from it and focus more on the two principals - and their backstory - and it'd be better, as it is, though, it's still a dark and watchable look at boundaries, lies and revenge.

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