House of America (1997)

Directed by

Marc Evans

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

15

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a depressed Welsh mining town, brothers Boyo and Sid live with their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The family struggles with their own dysfunctional relationships and a sense of lost identity.

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What happens

House of America is a 1997 Welsh film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh identity, its need for indigenous heroes and the nation's perceived inferiority complex. The film was the theatrical debut for director Marc Evans, and the film won him the 'Best Directorial Debut' award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The film also took four awards at the 1998 BAFTA Cymru awards. It is a part of the cultural era known as Cool Cymru along with other similar independent films of the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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