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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Shane Meadows

Germany, Netherlands, UK2002 100min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Dek and Shirley live together with 12 year-old Marlene, her daughter by the sexy delinquent Jimmy, who skeddadled years ago and hasn’t been heard from since. Decent-but-dull Dek loves Shirley, so much so that he humiliates her by proposing without warning on national television. Jimmy sees the TV proposal and returns to town convinced that he can change her mind, however he faces formidable opposition from almost every side.

Diretor

Shane Meadows

Born in Uttoxeter in 1972, Shane Meadows attended photography courses at Nottingham Art College and began making short films in 1994. His first feature, <2047>,premiered at the Venice Film Festival and had its US premiere at Sundance. is his third directorial feature.