London Road (2015)

Directed by

Rufus Norris

Genre

drama film, musical film, crime film, mystery film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

15

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on real interviews, the film uses verbatim dialogue set to music to depict a community's reaction to a series of murders in Ipswich. It focuses on the residents of London Road as they process suspicion, fear, and the aftermath of the killings.

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What happens

London Road is a 2015 British musical mystery crime drama film directed by Rufus Norris and written by Adam Cork and Alecky Blythe based on their National Theatre musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the interviews about the Steve Wright killings. The film stars Olivia Colman, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy. The film was selected to be shown in the City to City section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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