A British gangster movie set in contemporary Liverpool that borrows the ideas of Lear: gangland boss decides to split up his criminal empire between daughters Kath, a dockside brothel-keeper, Tracy, owner of a football team, and Jo, an ex-junkie and prostitute, removing their royal connections and embracing the harsh realism of the criminal world with brutal and memorable effect. ‘Gaunt, silver-haired and leonine, Richard Harris brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman’ (Los Angeles Times). ‘An intriguing spin on the British crime genre that’s more a series of strong performances than a fully worked-out character drama’ (Variety).
The British Institute
Lungarno Guicciardini, 9
tel. 055/267781
