Synopsis: Based on Graham Greene’s chilling 1938 novel, BRIGHTON ROCK is the hard-boiled, visually captivating debut film of Rowan Joffe. An official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, the film features an incredible cast of both British acting royalty and brilliant newcomers. Sam Riley (CONTROL) is the young anti-hero Pinkie, a cunning charmer trying to make his mark on the vicious gangland of Brighton. When a young waitress (Andrea Riseborough, who was nominated for 2 BIFAs for her breakthrough performance) stumbles on evidence that links Pinkie and his gang to a revenge killing, he draws her into a conned romance to keep the loose end tied up. When Rose’s world-weary boss (Oscar-winner Helen Mirren) becomes suspicious of the enigmatic young man hanging around her charge, the tangled web becomes a deadly game of psychological cat-and-mouse — an atmospheric mystery-noir that fully captures the mood of Greene’s violent and sexually daring masterpiece.
Release Date: August 26, 2011 MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genre(s): Drama, Period Piece
Film Review
Cast and Crew
- Director(s): Rowan Joffe
- Producer(s): Rowan Joffe
- Screenwriter(s): Andrea Riseborough (Rose)Philip Davis (Spicer)Andy Serkis (Mr. Colleoni)
- Story: Helen Mirren (Ida Arnold)
- Cast: Nonso Anozie (Dallow)Sean Harris (Fred Hale)Steven Robertson (Crab) Maurice Roeves (Chief Inspector)Joe WalkerJohn MathiesonJames Merifiel
- Editor(s):
- Cinematographer: Martin Phipps
- Production Designer(s):
- Costume Designer:
- Casting Director(s):
- Music Score:
- Music Performed By:
- Country Of Origin: UK