The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael
(2005 - UK - 35mm - 2.35:1 - 96m)
In a dilapidated English seaside town, during the invasion of Iraq, fifteen-year-old Robert Carmichael follows a dark and destructive path.
Danny Dyer as Larry Haydn
Lesley Manville as Sarah Carmichael
Dan Spencer as Robert Carmichael
Ryan Winsley as Joe Kramer
Charles Mnene as Ben Franklin
Miranda Wilson as Monica Abbott
Directed by Thomas Clay
Written by Thomas Clay & Joseph Lang
Produced by Joseph Lang
Executive Producers Thomas Clay & Peter Allez
Director of Photography Giorgos Arvanitis, afc, gsc
Music by Jonathan Harvey
Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week 2005
“Puts the seal of brilliance on a young British filmmaker.”
— Nicolas Roeg
“The first remarkable film by Thomas Clay puts an end not only to a phase in history but to an entire way of thinking.”
— Michel Ciment, Positif
“Makes A Clockwork Orange look like a Britney Spears video.”
— Variety
“A thunderbolt in British cinema... One of the most surprising and supplely-crafted debut films in recent memory… Lays bare our era with absolute resolve.”
— Libération ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A great film.”
— Studio ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“A stunning, technically dazzling piece of filmmaking.”
— Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
