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September 1981 (UK) morePlot:
Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion... full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Slow haunting dream film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Julie Christie | ... | 'D' | |
| Christopher Guard | ... | Gerald | |
| Leonie Mellinger | ... | Emily Mary Cartwright | |
| Debbie Hutchings | ... | June | |
| Nigel Hawthorne | ... | Victorian Father | |
| Pat Keen | ... | Victorian Mother | |
| Georgina Griffiths | ... | Victorian Emily | |
| Christopher Tsangarides | ... | Victorian Son | |
| Mark Dignam | ... | Newsvendor | |
| Alison Dowling | ... | Janet White | |
| John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | Prof. White | |
| Rowena Cooper | ... | Mrs. White | |
| Barbara Hicks | ... | Woman on Waste Ground | |
| John Comer | ... | Man Delivering Emily | |
| Adrienne Byrne | ... | Maureen |
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Though I was more impressed with this movie when it had it's theatrical debut in the early 1980s, I still recommend this mysterious mood piece. The story concerns a quiet middle aged woman (Julie Christie) living alone during some catastrophic breakdown of modern society. Young illiterate kids live like rats in the subways, garbage covers the streets and nomadic people scavenge in aimless traveling groups. The woman is given a young teenage girl (Leonie Mellinger) to take care of and the girl becomes sexually involved with a young man who takes on the task of caring for homeless children (while he simultaneously sleeps with them). Alongside this melancholic tale, there's another dimension revealed when the woman discovers a Victorian family living inside a strange membranous wall of her apartment. There are curious psychological parallels between the world in the wall and the goings-on in the woman's other dystopia world. The final scenes are truly weird and puzzling so if you like your movies straightforward with tidy narratives, this one isn't for you. For those who enjoy the bizarre and challenging, take a look. My only real criticism is the truly awful synth soundtrack (by Mike Thorne?any relation to Ken?) which constantly works against the imagery.