Kelly + Victor

Kelly + Victor

2012 · 95 min · EN · 5.4 (33 votes)
Dir. Kieran Evans · Starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Julian Morris, Stephen Walters, William Ruane, Claire Keelan, Michael Ryan

“A love story adapted from Niall Griffiths acclaimed novel”

RomanceDrama

When Kelly meets Victor on the dance floor of a Liverpool nightclub, the attraction is instant. After wandering through the night they find themselves at her flat, making love with a passion and urgency that neither had experienced before. Both Kelly and Victor are struggling to get by as best they can, while the people around them are choosing illegal lifestyles; she is escaping a brutish former lover, while he is being dragged into a world of drugs. It's when they make love that their darker instincts take over.

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A raw, unflinching look at a passionate, doomed romance. It feels intensely real, capturing the desperate energy of young love against a backdrop of urban decay and destructive impulses. Prepare for a visceral, emotional journey.

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