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Acceptable Levels (1984)

Acceptable Levels poster
Directed by
John Davies
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A BBC film crew interviews a Catholic family in Belfast when a child they know is hit by a plastic bullet. Back in London, the producer and researcher struggle with how to edit the footage and what their responsibility is to the family.

tensemelancholicthoughtfulgrittyrestraineduneasyunsettlingpolitically chargedcharacter-driven

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