Metroland

Metroland

1998 · 105 min · EN · R · 5.8 (58 votes)
Dir. Philip Saville · Starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Lee Ross, Elsa Zylberstein, John Wood, Bill Thomas · Music Mark Knopfler

“It's not a place, it's a state of mind.”

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In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unexpected visit from his free-spirited friend Toni, a reunion that reminds him of a more carefree time in 1960s Paris. Now, with lingering doubts about his marriage bubbling up, Chris must make the choice between revisiting his youthful abandon with Toni or facing the here and now with Marion.

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A wistful, melancholic look back at lost youth and the compromises of adulthood. It feels like flipping through old photographs, tinged with the regret of roads not taken and the quiet ache of nostalgia.

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