Directed by:
Amma AsanteScreenplay:
Amma AsanteCinematography:
Ian WilsonComposer:
David GrayCast:
Stephanie James, Michael Conway, Lynsey France, Marged Esli, Brenda Blethyn, Nicholas McGaughey, Trystan Gravelle, Amy Morgan, Ri Richards, Victoria PughPlots(1)
A Way of Life centres on teenage mother Leigh-Anne Williams (Stephanie James); her brother Gavin (Nathan Jones), a seventeen year old desperately chasing love, and her two friends Robbie (Gary Sheppeard), a seventeen year old determined to move beyond his dead-end community and Stephen (Dean Wong), a fifteen year old yearning for a Welsh identity. All of them function along the margins of society… until one day, paranoid, boredom, frustration and anger form a lethal combination. When her baby girl’s future appears threatened, Leigh-Anne’s Turkish Muslim neighbour becomes the target of pent up anger and humiliation. (Independent Cinema Office)
(more)Cast
Marged Esli
Best movies:
Very Annie Mary (2001) (TV movie)
Brenda Blethyn
UK
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Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
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Nicholas McGaughey
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
War and Peace (2016) (series)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Trystan Gravelle
UK
Best movies:
One Chance (2013)
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Amy Morgan
Best movies:
No Time to Die (2021)
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Ri Richards
Best movies:
Solomon and Gaenor (1999)
Panic Button (2011)