9 Songs

9 Songs

2004 · 70 min · EN · NR · 5.6 (581 votes)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · Starring Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Alex Kapranos, Guy Garvey, Robert Levon Been

2 lovers, one summer, and the 9 songs that defined them.

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Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

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A deeply intimate and unvarnished exploration of a passionate connection, unfolding with raw sensuality against a backdrop of live music. It feels both intensely present and wistfully reflective, a visceral journey through desire and memory, captured with a stark, unflinching gaze.

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