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UNITED KINGDOM · 1979

Scum

Alan Clarke
British Kitchen Sink institutional violence juvenile delinquency survival in prison social corruption coming of age in captivity
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Synopsis

Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.

Year1979
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorAlan Clarke
MovementBritish Kitchen Sink
Cinematic Threads
He was probably the biggest single influence on me of any British film-maker. I saw Scum when I was 13 or 14 and it blew me away.
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