Joseph (Peter Mullan) drinks too much and has an explosive character and, since the death of his dog, self-destruction seems to be his only aim. Until one day he flees into the charity shop of the Christian Hannah (Olivia Colman). Although she has every reason to be afraid of him, Hannah seems determined to save Joseph from ruin.
The hard and tragic Tyrannosaur is the feature debut by the British actor Paddy Considine (My Summer of Love, The Bourne Ultimatum). He had already made a short film about the characters Joseph and Hannah – with the same actors – entitled Dog Altogether, and in 2007 he won both the BAFTA and a Silver Lion in Venice with this.
Tyrannosaur continues where Dog Altogether stopped. It slowly becomes clear that the film focuses especially on Hannah, who may be in even bigger trouble than Joseph. In the best tradition of British kitchen-sink realism, Considine paints a pitch black story in which there seems very little space for redemption.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 91'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
