Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

1982 · 116 min · EN · R · 6.5 (56 votes)
Dir. Lindsay Anderson · Starring Graham Crowden, Leonard Rossiter, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright, Mark Hamill, Jill Bennett · Music Alan Price · Mick Travis Collection

Will they ever recover...?

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Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.

VIBE

A darkly comedic, absurdist plunge into institutional chaos. It feels like a fever dream of British society teetering on the brink, where satire bites hard amidst escalating, almost surreal, pandemonium. Expect biting wit and a sense of impending, ridiculous doom.

dystopiansatiricalchaoticabsurdistbleaksteadyBritish satiredark comedypolitical thrillerperiod piecesocial commentaryclass strugglepolitical satireinstitutional decay
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