A startling Glasgow-set drama of obsession and revenge, that won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.

A startling Glasgow-set drama of obsession and revenge, Red Road centres on an operator of the city's myriad CCTV cameras - emotionally disconnected until a face from the past appears on her screens. The film won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.

Storyline

Jackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again. 

The Director

Andrea Arnold is a British filmmaker born in Kent in 1961. In 2003 she won an Oscar for best short film for "Wasp". In a 2006 article, The Guardian named Andrea Arnold "British cinema's hottest new talent".

Red Road was produced in collaboration with Zentropa Films and forms part of one of Lars von Trier’s experimental project based arond Scotland. 

Prizes

Winner of the Jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival, 2006.

Winner of 5 Scottish BAFTAS: best film, best actor, best actress, best director, best screenplay.

Reviews

The Guardian

4 stars out of 5

"A tough and superbly intelligent surveillance thriller, with real and believable characters brought to life by very good actors."

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Time Out

"First-time director Arnold clearly has talent to burn, eliciting understated but admirably layered performances from her cast and a whole lot of brooding atmosphere from the bleak streets of Glasgow."

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Red Road is also showing on Thu 24 Apr at 7.30pm.