Metroland
Synopsis
By the end of the sixties both have escaped. Toni has disappeared to Africa while Chris is working in Paris and living with Annick, a liberated young French woman who embodies the freedom he dreamed of as a young man. His early hopes seem to have been fulfilled, but then he meets Marion, a young English girl. He falls in love and returns to London and the suburban life.
Nine years later, in 1977, Chris is happily married to Marion, back in Metroland with a young daughter. Then one day Toni returns from his travels. He has seen the world but has never settled down and cannot believe his friend has fallen into the life they so fully rejected.
Fired by the energy of Punk and the freedom of the seventies, he tries to show Chris that there is still a lot of adventure to be had in life, and that he is too young to settle down. Drawn to his friend, Chris starts to doubt the certainties he has built his life upon and starts to question the choices he has made. Then one night at a party he meets another woman and for the first time puts his marriage at risk.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 100 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Philip Saville
- Producer
- Andrew Bendel
- Director of Photography
- Jean-François Robin
- Principal cast
- Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Lee Ross and Elsa Zylberstein
- Screen Writer
- Adrian Hodges
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Blue Horizon (Metroland) Ltd 5th Floor 35 Soho Square London W1V 5DG Tel: 020 7434 2467 Fax: 020 7434 2476
Sales Company
Pandora Cinema SA 7 rue Keppler 75116 Paris France Tel: 1 40 70 90 91 Fax: 1 40 70 90 91
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