This Sporting Life
“He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.”
Drama
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
VIBE
A raw, unflinching look at working-class life and the brutal realities of ambition. It feels like a cold, damp wind blowing through industrial Northern England, full of struggle and quiet desperation.
grittybleakmelancholicintensesteadykitchen sink realismsocial realismcinematic dramaclass strugglemasculinitylonelinessambition
northern englandbased on novel or booksportswidowrugbyyorkshirebitternesskitchen sink realismcoal minerlandlady tenant relationship
