Tyrannosaur

About the movie

Renowned actor Paddy Considine’s first feature behind the camera is a tour de force propelled by the sheer intensity of its performances and storytelling. Joseph (Peter Mullan), a tormented, self-destructive man plagued by violence, finds hope of redemption in Hannah (Olivia Colman), a Christian charity-shop worker he meets one day while fleeing an altercation. Initially derisive of her faith and presumed idyllic existence, Joseph nonetheless returns to the shop and soon realizes that Hannah’s life is anything but placid. As a relationship develops, they come to understand the deep pain in each other’s lives.
An unconventional love story, Mullan and Colman deliver two of the most outstanding performances of the year, Colman winning for Best Actress at the Brithish Independent Film Awards and Mullan being nominated for Best Actor. Considine’s portrait of these two lost souls, bloody but unbowed, is a devastating and profoundly beautiful experience. Considine won for best debut by a British Director at the 2012 BAFTA Film Awards.

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