The Cost of Living (2004)

Directed by

Lloyd Newson

Genre

dance film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

35 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two street performers interact with other entertainers in a British seaside town as the summer season winds down. The film mixes dance, dialogue, and physical theatre to tell their story.

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What happens

The Cost of Living is a British physical theatre dance film made in 2004 by DV8 Films Ltd. and Channel 4. It is an adaptation of a stage production by DV8 Physical Theatre. Directed by Lloyd Newson, the founder of DV8 Physical Theatre, the film uses dance, dialogue and physical theatre to tell the story of two street performers and their interaction with other performers in Cromer, a seaside resort town, at the end of the summer season. The film has won a number of awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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