Stockholm Film Festival

One character has just lost his girlfriend to heroin. Another is afraid to leave her room. Two loved ones are dealing with separation anxiety, while another couple experience true love in an extremely painful form. Originally written as 150 unrelated sequences, Better Things revolves around several people connected only through their own isolation. It is a multi-narrative film about sexuality, loneliness and drugs.

Set in a rural part of England, not far from director Duane Hopkins’ birthplace Cotswolds, the cinematography of the film is very still, focused and at times almost poetic. It is not a movie about substance abuse, but rather an exposé on the drug addicts’ psychology.

Hopkins uses sound in a creative way, to further illustrate the inner struggles of the protagonists. The cast consists of non-professional actors and former drug addicts, creating a deep and true sensation of realism in a gritty and rural environment.

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Premiere Status

Swedish Premiere

Cast

Liam McIlfatrick, Che Corr, Rachel McIntyre, Betty Bench, Kurt Taylor, Freddie Cunliffe, Frank Bench, Megan Palmer, Patricia Loveland, Jane Foxhall, Tara Ballard, Mike Randle, Kerry Rowe

Producer

Samm Haillay, Rachel Robey

Script

Duane Hopkins

Cinematography

Lol Crawley

Music

Dan Berridge

Spoken language

English

 

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