CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2011
Dreams of a Life posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2011 1h 35m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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A delicately layered investigation into a life known through conflicting testimony, it shares Dreams of a Life’s fascination with how identity is assembled from recollection, silence and the accounts survivors choose to give.

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Though fictional and drier in tone, its compassionate portrait of a person without an accessible past shares Dreams of a Life’s concern with anonymity, dignity and the fragile connections that make a life visible.

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01 / THE STORY

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Zawe Ashton

Zawe Ashton

Joyce Vincent

Cornell John

Cornell John

Father

Diveen Henry

Housing Officer

Jay Simpson

Jay Simpson

Caretaker

Daren Elliott Holmes

Bailiff

Jonathan Harden

Cleaner

Joanna Brookes

Cleaner

Polly Kemp

Polly Kemp

Refuge Worker