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Product Information
Tom moves from his family home to Devon to live with his father and sister. There he discovers a terrible family secret.
Product Identifiers
ProducerDixie Linder, Sarah Radclyffe
EAN5014138290030
eBay Product ID (ePID)3942167
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe War Zone
ActorColin Farrell, Aisling O'sullivan, Lara Belmont, Tilda Swinton, Freddie Cunliffe, Kate Ashfield, Ray Winstone
DirectorTim Roth
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2002
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Run Time95 Mins
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Director of PhotographySeamus McGarvey
Art DirectorKaren Wakefield
Costume DesignerMary-Jane Reyner
Production DesignerMichael Carlin
ReviewsSight and Sound - ...There is a chill beauty to THE WAR ZONE. Its narrative is framed in elegant long shots and nudged along by spartan editing..., Total Film - ...An uncompromising and disturbingly resonant drama....[The film] has a very powerful message to offer...
AuthorAlexander Stuart
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationTim Roth's directorial debut, based on the novel by Alexander Stuart (who adapted the screenplay), is not for the faint of heart. When a seemingly normal family moves from London to rural Devon, 15-year-old Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) stumbles into a shocking secret concerning his father (Ray Winstone) and 17-year-old sister, Jessie (Lara Belmont). Afraid of breaking up the family and upsetting his mother (Tilda Swinton), who has just given birth to a baby girl, he crawls into a shell and remains there, confused and alienated. Eventually, the situation boils over, and the truth is exposed. Roth shows that he has the ability to draw extremely emotional performances from Winstone and Swinton, as well as from newcomers Belmont and Cunliffe, who provide the film with its true heart. THE WAR ZONE is a brilliantly harsh and tragic family drama.