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The Arbor

2010

Biography / Documentary / Drama

The Arbor

2010

Biography / Documentary / Drama

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75% AUDIENCE · 1K ratings

7.3/10 · 2.3K

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Plot summary

The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".

Director

Clio Barnard

Top cast

Robert Emms as Young David

Christine Bottomley as Lisa Thompson

George Costigan as Jimmy 'The Wig'

Kulvinder Ghir as Rafee

Tech specs

720p.WEB 1080p.WEB

836.4 MB

1280*720

English 2.0

Unrated

Subtitles

25 fps

1 hr 30 min

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1.51 GB

1920*1080

English 2.0

Unrated

Subtitles

25 fps

1 hr 30 min

Seeds 2

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Nabilington 1423 days ago

an excellent companion piece for fans of Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987). be warned though, this true story is a very sad one

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7 / 10

Using a combination on documentary style film making

CinemaSerf

Using a combination on documentary style film making and some more theatrical re-enactments, this takes a candid approach to it’s telling of the story of…

Using a combination on documentary style film making and some more theatrical re-enactments, this takes a candid approach to it’s telling of the story of troubled playwright Andrea Dunbar - probably most famous for her “Rita, Sue and Bob Too”. The arbor in question is a street on the 1950s Buttershaw housing estate in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, and it’s primarily through the eyes of those portraying her children that we get a glimpse of the booze and drug-fuelled lives of many who lived in this working class community. Lorraine (Manjinder Virk) and Lisa (Christine Bottomley) quite ably provide a running narrative combining some more overtly recreated episodes with some cleverly presented lip-synched deliveries from actual conversations that occurred with their mother, between themselves and with their neighbours as they grew up - and they do that convincingly throughout. If you did live in any of Britain’s northern urban areas in the 1970s, then there is a lot relatable here. The sense of community spirit is writ large, but so is the racism that prevails amidst a society that profoundly disapproves of any inter-racial relationships - an issue that personally impacts on Lorraine and arguably sets her in train for a life of her own not dissimilar from those experienced and described by her mother. There is also some actuality featuring Dunbar here too, which reminds us that not only was this a woman of keen observational skills, but also one possessed of quite a degree of wit, too and her descriptions are compelling, authentic and darkly humorous into the bargain. The ensemble cast contribute hugely to this docu-drama with some playing real people, and others playing actors playing real people - and the staging of scenes on their grassy common using basic props and with neighbours watching on has something uncomfortably honest about it. It’s not the cheeriest of films as it progresses, indeed it frequently offers us a gloom and doom that it can be quite hard to sympathise with as many of the characters seem content to wallow in their own self-perpetuated disillusionment, but it certainly offers food for thought.

7 / 10

Amazing and Innovative

greasyfilms

By using actors who are lip-syncing interviews of actual people in Andrea Dunbar's life, this film pushes the documentary genre completely into the dramatic…

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