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Red Road

Red Road

20066.51h 53m

Overview

Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.

Directed by Andrea Arnold
Written by Lone Scherfig, Anders Thomas Jensen, Andrea Arnold
Produced by Carrie Comerford
Box Office0Revenue: $1.1M

Top Cast

Kate Dickie

Kate Dickie

Jackie

Tony Curran

Tony Curran

Clyde Henderson

Martin Compston

Martin Compston

Stevie

Natalie Press

Natalie Press

April

Paul Higgins

Paul Higgins

Avery

J

John Comerford

Man with Dog

A

Andrew Armour

Alfred

C

Carolyn Calder

Cleaner

M

Martin McCardie

Angus

J

Jessica Angus

Bronwyn

Themes & Keywords

rapeglasgow, scotlandloss of loved onevideo surveillancedeceptionrevengecrack cocainesecurity guardcunnilingussurveillance camerasecurity systemwoman director

About Red Road

Red Road is a drama, thriller film released in 2006 exploring themes of rape, glasgow, scotland, loss of loved one, video surveillance, deception, revenge. Directed by Andrea Arnold, it stars Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston. Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.

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