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Johnny is a charming and eloquent but relentlessly vicious drifter. Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic Johnny hurls himself around London on a nocturnal odyssey, colliding with a succession of other desperate and dispossessed people and scorching everyone in his path. In his complex existence, he articulates, with mastery, violence and gentleness, comedy and tragedy, in a landscape inhabited by the kind of characters that only Mike Leigh knows how to create.
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Cast:
David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge -
Original Title:
Naked -
Country:
United Kingdom -
Year:
1993 - 126' Subtitles: Portuguese
Director
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh, born in 1957, UK, is one of the Britain's most renowned filmmakers. He began his career as a stage director and playwright. His work focuses on ordinary people, their struggles and determination. Leigh's work has been awarded by some of the most prestigious festivals on the international circuit, including the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for his first feature, Bleak Moments, in 1971, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996 for Secrets & Lies, and the Golden Lion for Vera Drake at the Venice Film Festival in 2004, where this year his latest feature, Peterloo, premiered in the Official Competition.
