TATTOO DIGITAL: Awaydays 2009

Sunday, 18 April 2010

Awaydays 2009

Awaydays
Awaydays: The Real Hooligans

Pat Holden
UK
English
2009
Drama
100min
Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee, Lee Battle, Sean Ward, Michael Ryan, Ian Puleston-Davies, Holly Grainger, Sacha Parkinson, Samantha McCarthy, Dean Smith, Rebecca Atkinson, Daniel Hewitson, Dave Hewitson, Andrew Osbourne

As palavras "gay", "futebol" e "gang" não são muitas vezes vistas na mesma frase. Mas são a premissa central de Awaydays, adaptação do romance de Kevin Sampson sobre o amor gay não correspondido e violência no futebol - uma estranha combinação que geralmente funciona. Se passa na era pós-punk inglesa e mostra um pouco sobre os mods, bootboys, boneheads, hooligans, teddy boys, discos, drogas, clubs, pubs, futebol, música, moda e a vida dos adolescentes entediados daquela época.

The words ‘gay’, ‘football’ and ‘hooligan’ aren’t often seen in the same sentence. But they are the central premise of Awaydays, the adaptation of Kevin Sampson’s novel about unrequited gay love and football violence – a strange combination that generally works. When Carty meets Elvis at a Bunnymen gig, they fall headlong into a volatile friendship that each of them aches for but neither can control. Violent, sexy and funny, Awaydays is a blade-sharp rites-of-passage that buzzes with the post-punk energy of its late 70s Liverpool setting. The film examines identity, fate, friendship and the need to belong.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137436/
5.8/10 673 votes
http://www.awaydaysthemovie.com/