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Streetlife (1995)
Director: Karl Francis
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From Time Out Film Guide
Tough, uncompromising and very bleak story of a woman on a Caerphilly housing estate, so unlucky in life and love that she ends up killing her baby, born in secret and alone in her mother's caravan, and then sending it down a rural stream like Moses in his basket. This is a telling indictment of the '90s 'dustbin' society in which dysfunctional people seem abandoned and prey to council worker and drug dealer alike. Clumsy in parts and laid on a mite too thick, the film is nevertheless a cry of anguish that Ken Loach would have recognised. McCrory gives a vibrant performance in her first big film role.Author: SGr
Cast & crew
Director: Karl Francis
Producer: Ruth Caleb
Cast: Helen McCrory, Rhys Ifans, Christine Tuckett, Donna Edwards full cast
Duration: 98 mins
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