Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

1959 · 98 min · EN · NR · 6.7 (80 votes)
Dir. Tony Richardson · Starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans, Gary Raymond, Glen Byam Shaw · Music Chris Barber

“The story that peels bare the raging emotions of today's angry young generation!”

Drama

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

VIBE

A simmering, claustrophobic portrait of working-class frustration and intellectual ennui. The air is thick with unspoken resentments and the raw, unvarnished anger of a generation feeling trapped by circumstance and societal expectations.

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