Tony

Tony

2010 · 76 min · EN · NR · 5.8 (66 votes)
Dir. Gerard Johnson · Starring Peter Ferdinando, Ricky Grover, Neil Maskell, Lorenzo Camporese, Vicky Murdock, Ian Groombridge · Music Matt Johnson

Keeping a neighbourhood watch.

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Unemployed and unemployable, Tony is a sympathetic recluse with severe social problems, an addiction to VHS action films and a horrible moustache. Occasionally he snaps and murder is the result…

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A deeply uncomfortable and bleak character study. It feels raw and unflinching, capturing the profound isolation and simmering desperation of its protagonist. The film is a grim, low-fi descent into a lonely existence.

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