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Philip Saville

Metroland

Director Philip Saville Composer Mark Knopfler Cast Christian Bale, Lee Ross, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein
101' - 1997 - Drama, Comedy - Dialogue: English
Chris and Toni grew up together in suburban London in the early sixties. In an age full of angry young men they excelled in their rebellion against the values of middle class England and dreamt of the jazz clubs and boulevards of Paris. Trapped in “Metroland”, the suburban sprawl at the end of the London Underground’s Metropolitan Line they were the best of friends. By the end of the sixties both escaped. Toni disappeared to Africa while Chris went to work in Paris to live with Annick, a liberated young French girl who embodied the freedom he dreamt of as a young man...

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Credits

Directors

Philip Saville

Composers

Mark Knopfler

Cast

Christian Bale, Lee Ross, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein

Scenario

Adrian Hodges

Director of Photography

Jean-François Robin

Editors

Greg Miller

Producers

Andrew Bendel

More info

Dialogue

English

Countries of production

United Kingdom, France

Screenplay based on

Metroland (Julian Barnes)

Year

1997