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Bridgend (2015)
Director: Jeppe Rønde
Cast: Hannah Murray, Josh O'Connor, Steven Waddington, Adrian Rawlins
Runtime104 min
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Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide without leaving any clue as to why. This is the starting point for this mysterious social drama.
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Bridgend, a 2015 drama directed by Jeppe Rønde, has received a mixed critical reception. While some have praised the film's atmospheric and mysterious exploration of a tragic real-life phenomenon, others have found it too slow-paced and vague. The film has not received significant awards recognition, but it has a 6.1/10 rating on IMDb and a 57% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating a somewhat divided audience response.
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Fans of thoughtful, character-driven dramas will appreciate the haunting, atmospheric approach of director Jeppe Rønde's 2015 film Bridgend. The film's nuanced exploration of the mystery behind a series of teenage suicides in a small Welsh town is brought to life through compelling performances from actors like Hannah Murray and Josh O'Connor.
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Bridgend is a 2015 English-language Danish drama film directed by Jeppe Rønde and written by Rønde alongside Torben Bech and Peter Asmussen. The film is based on the Bridgend suicide incidents. The film had its World Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, at both of which it was highly acclaimed; in the latter, it received three awards, including Best Actress for Hannah Murray. The general reviews have been mixed to positive, with Metacritic giving an average score of 53 out of 100 points, counting nine reviews. The film was viewed in Wales however as sensationalist, lacking truth and exploitative of the dead teenagers.
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