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The Arbor2010
Instead of making a conventional documentary or adapting Andrea Dunbar's play "The Arbor" for the screen, director Clio Barnard has crafted a truly unique work that transcends genre and defies categorization. Following two years conducting audio interviews with Dunbar's family, friends and neighbors, Barnard filmed actors lip-synching the interviews, flawlessly interpreting every breath, tick and nuance. The film focuses in particular on the playwright's troubled relationship with her daughter Lorraine who was just ten when her mother died. Barnard re-introduces Lorraine to her mother's play and private letters, prompting her to reflect on the extraordinary parallels between their lives. Interwoven with these interviews are staged scenes of Dunbar's play filmed on THE ARBOR, the street where she lived.
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- Christine Bottomley - Lisa Thompson
- George Costigan - Jimmy 'The Wig'
- Monica Dolan - Ann Hamilton
- Neil Dudgeon - Steve Saul
- Robert Emms - David Dunbar
- Natalie Gavin - The Girl
- Jonathan Jaynes - David Dunbar
- Matthew McNulty - Andrew Dunbar
- Jimi Mistry - Yousaf
- Kathryn Pogson - Pamela Dunbar
- Lizzie Roper - Kathy
- Kate Rutter - The Mother
- Manjinder Virk - Lorraine Dunbar
- Danny Webb - Max