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Ghost
UK 2020
produced by Anthony Z. James for Story Image, Anthony Z Studio
directed by Anthony Z. James
starring Anthony Mark Streeter, Nathan Hamilton, Russell Barnett, Emmy Happisburgh, Severija Bielskyte, Jamie O'Neill, Calum Speed, Lev Levermore, Tyrone Nestor, John Sims, Robert Anthony, Liam Woon, Donatas Fedaravicius, Ieva Fedaraviciute, Prince Marfo, Mikko Tilus, Serena Tombolini, Aude Le Pape (voice)
written by Anthony Z. James, music by Nikolaj Polujanov
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Tony (Anthony Mark Streeter) has just been released from prison after
10 years, and he tries to find his place in the world, but his wife (Emmy
Happisburgh) doesn't even want to see him, his son Conor (Nathan Hamilton)
has grown from a boy into a young man without his guidance, and yet he
sees to many of his bad habits reflected in him, and Dominic (Russell
Barnett), his partner from back then has hit it big in the meantime and is
now running a security company - but the job he offers to Tony would force
him to leave the straight and narrow he has sworn to stay on to not land
back in the slammer. Conor meanwhile has his own problems as this is the
very day his girlfriend (Severija Bielskyte) tells him she's pregnant -
and overcome by pretty much everything Conor takes it the worst way
possible accuses her of cheating on him and later lets his frustrations
out on his dad. It's only eventually that the two of them, who have both
changed massively over time, start to bond, and eventually, Conor even
gets his mum to make up with Tony. But there's Tony's past that despite
all his efforts isn't done with him yet and comes back to haunt him - very
physically ... A very interesting social drama that works quite
so well because it really downplays things, chooses the fly-on-the-wall
approach over high drama (and is thus fittingly shot entirely on smart
phone), and thus everything seems to develop out of one another quite
naturally rather than seeming forced to fit a formula - though that said
the film's very well-structured all the same. And very grounded
performances paired with a no-frills directorial approach only help to
make this story really palpable in a thoughtful sort of way, and a pretty
good watch.
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