Dirty God (2018)

Directed by

Sacha Polak

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

16

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young burn survivor named Jade struggles to rebuild her life and relationships after a disfiguring acid attack. The film follows her as she tries to reclaim her identity and navigate the harsh judgments of those around her.

rawintimateemotionally intenseslow-burnharrowingunderstatedgrittypoignant

What happens

Dirty God is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film, directed and co-written by Sacha Polak. The film marks the English language debut by Polak, and also marks the feature film debut of actress Vicky Knight. Actress Vicky Knight was chosen to play the lead role from auditions of burn survivors. It was selected to be screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2019. The film also won three Golden Calves for best film, best director (Polak) and best music (Rutger Reinders). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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