The Harder They Come (1972)

Directed by

Perry Henzell

Genre

drama film, musical film, crime film

Country

Jamaica

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 125 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Jamaican man moves from the countryside to the city to become a singer. He gets involved in the music industry and then with crime, leading to a violent confrontation with the authorities.

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What happens

The Harder They Come is a 1972 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and starring Jimmy Cliff. The film is most famous for its reggae soundtrack that is said to have "brought reggae to the world". Enormously successful in Jamaica, the film also reached the international market and has been described as "possibly the most influential of Jamaican films and one of the most important films from the Caribbean". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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