Down Terrace tells the story of the Hill father and son, Robert and Robin, two petty criminals. They have just been released from jail, where they had been sentenced for committing a crime we don’t find out much about. They are convinced they were betrayed. As soon as they return to their home in Brighton, they plan revenge. That looks simpler than it is, certainly when Robin’s girlfriend suddenly turns up very pregnant on the doorstep and says he’s the father of the child. And family life isn’t that easy either.
The feature debut by director Ben Wheatley, well-known from British crime series such as The Wrong Door and Ideals is filled with cellophane-wrapped bodies and combines raw social realism with pitch black humour and occasionally pure slapstick – as a British ode to The Sopranos. The film won the jury prize at the last Raindance Festival.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 89'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
