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77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1090
- IMDb #907
- Rotten Tomatoes #737
- Metacritic #786
- Letterboxd #730
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1245
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #672
- Metacritic Critics #824
- Metacritic Audience #954
- Criticker #3138
- Kinopoisk #677
- AlloCiné #466
- Trakt #914
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Lowest is Criticker on 34, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The life of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the band Joy Division. It traces his early days in Manchester, his rapid rise in the burgeoning post-punk music scene, his tumultuous marriage, and his struggle with epilepsy and depression. The film portrays the intense pressure that accompanied his artistic genius.
Details
- Director
- Anton Corbijn
- Writer
- Matt Greenhalgh
- Based on
- Touching from a Distance by Ian Curtis
- Studio
- NorthSee, EM Media, 3 Dogs & a Pony, IFF/CINV
- Released
- 12 September 2007
- Country
- United Kingdom, Japan
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $8.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 6 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| BAFTA Award 2008 | Best Newcomer | Matt Greenhalgh | Winner |
| BAFTA Award 2008 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominee | |
| BAFTA Award 2008 | Best British Film | Nominee | |
| 20th European Film Awards 2007 | European Discovery of the Year | Anton Corbijn | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Award 2007 | Best British Independent Film | Anton Corbijn | Winner |
| British Independent Film Award 2007 | Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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×| Best Newcomer | Matt Greenhalgh | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominee | |
| Best British Film | Nominee |
| Best British Independent Film | Anton Corbijn | Winner |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film | Nominee |
| European Discovery of the Year | Anton Corbijn | Nominee |