Underplayed Gems

Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)

Stuart: A Life Backwards poster
Directed by
David Attwood
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
18
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 228 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A writer befriends a homeless man in Cambridge and pieces together his troubled past in reverse chronological order. The story reveals the childhood hardships and mental health struggles that shaped his difficult adult life.

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What happens

Stuart : Une vie à l'envers (Stuart: A Life Backwards) est un téléfilm britannique réalisé par David Attwood, diffusé en 2007. Il s'agit de l'adaptation de la biographie du même nom écrite par Alexander Masters à propos de son ami, Stuart Clive Shorter, petit criminel handicapé de naissance et psychologiquement instable, devenu sans-abri de Cambridge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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