Awaydays

  • 104'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2008
Paul Carty (Nicky Bell) is 19, good-looking, funny, clever - and bored out of his mind; he spends all his wages on clubs, records, football and gigs. It's at a Bunnymen gig that he meets Elvis (Liam Boyle), who belongs to a notorious gang called The Pack, who dress stylishly, have androgynous wedge haircuts worn with designer clothes. Elvis is a council estate romantic, a dreamer with big plans about escaping to Berlin, New York, anywhere… And he wants Paul to come with him.
He's smitten with his new mate and plans the big journeys they'll make together. But Paul soon also gets to know the 'other' Elvis - moody, fatalistic and possessive. Their individual paths start to diverge and head towards a crisis in their own lives and those of others.
With Thatcher’s early premiership as a backdrop, Awaydays paints a shrill, dark-romantic portrait of a young generation which does what every young generation does, only more desperately, more fiercely so: fight, drink, listen to music, bond, watch the games, use drugs, fashion themselves. Kevin Sampson wrote the script, based on his own cult novel, and the film is a triumphant portrayal of youth culture, with much emphasis on the clothes, the language, the bonding and insecurities, great acting, and a superb post-punk soundtrack, including Echo & The Bunnymen, Magazine, Joy Division and Ultravox. (EH)
  • 104'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2008
Director
Pat Holden
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2008
Festival Edition
IFFR 2009
Length
104'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producer
David Hughes
Production Company
Red Union Films
Sales
Red Union Films
Screenplay
Kevin Sampson, based on his novel
Cinematography
Curtes Lee Mitchell
Editor
Mark Elliott
Production Design
Mark Tanner
Sound Design
Richard Davey
Music
David A. Hughes
Cast
Liam Boyle
Website
http://www.awaydaysthemovie.com
Director
Pat Holden
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2008
Festival Edition
IFFR 2009
Length
104'
Medium
35mm
Language
English
Producer
David Hughes
Production Company
Red Union Films
Sales
Red Union Films
Screenplay
Kevin Sampson, based on his novel
Cinematography
Curtes Lee Mitchell
Editor
Mark Elliott
Production Design
Mark Tanner
Sound Design
Richard Davey
Music
David A. Hughes
Cast
Liam Boyle
Website
http://www.awaydaysthemovie.com