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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Thriller · Crime · Drama · 2009
Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
“Nine years on, another Morley child has gone missing on her way home from school.”
2009 Thriller · Crime · Drama 1h 45m
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6.9 / 10
Community rating
Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
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“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Anand Tucker
Written by
Tony Grisoni
David Morrissey
Maurice Jobson
Lisa Howard
Judith Jobson
Chris Walker
Jim Prentice
Shaun Dooley
Dick Alderman
Jim Carter
Harold Angus
Warren Clarke
Bill Molloy
Sean Bean
John Dawson
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Put Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.