This film follows a few harrowing days and nights in the life of malcontent Johnny (David Thewlis) on the gritty streets of London, where he subjects lonely women to a barrage of his peculiar brand of “philosophy” and brutality. Film Quarterly credited Thewlis with “granting the hostile Johnny an emotional complexity, largeness of mind, elegance of movement, wit and perverse charm.” Thewlis’ astonishing performance garnered the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, where Leigh was also honored as Best Director. 1993, 35mm, 131 minutes.
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