VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,4/10
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LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Una giovane adolescente, si ritrova a lottare per prendersi cura di se stessa e del fratello minore, dopo essere stata abbandonata dalla madre single senza altra scelta che vivere per strada... Leggi tuttoUna giovane adolescente, si ritrova a lottare per prendersi cura di se stessa e del fratello minore, dopo essere stata abbandonata dalla madre single senza altra scelta che vivere per strada.Una giovane adolescente, si ritrova a lottare per prendersi cura di se stessa e del fratello minore, dopo essere stata abbandonata dalla madre single senza altra scelta che vivere per strada.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Ha vinto 1 BAFTA Award
- 16 vittorie e 30 candidature totali
Sharon D. Clarke
- Anita
- (as Sharon Clarke)
Recensioni in evidenza
Another outstanding piece of contemporary British film, as a teenage schoolgirl finds herself alone and left responsible for her younger brother. Soul destroying in so many ways, performances as good as any you'll find, a depiction of a world we'd like to ignore but, unfortunately, reinforcing a theme whose variations are common and increasingly so.
Rocks is a film that was really powerful. It was heartfelt, touching, and emotional. You were able to get wrapped up into the story and experience something that felt real. You were able to cringe at the lows the main character reaches, you were able to smile at small character moments, and you were able to cry when things turned somber. This film is wonderfully crafted, with its excellent writing, editing, direction, and story, it's truly remarkable. I have nothing but good things to say. I rate Rocks a 9/10.
ROCKS.
This film directed by Sarah Gavron realistically captures a completely different London to which you usually see. A youthful London, not seen through the lens of gang violence, or an other-worldly bright posh feel, but one simply about sisterhood.
Girlhood is a good film to compare it to, or Divines, but this feels wholly new. The gritty feel to London is captured viscerally and it's nice seeing different characters which are not usually represented on screen.
The director feels removed in the best way, but the vision always felt tightly held. The performances feel like real people with their improv-type dialogue.
You can sense the collaboration and the naturalism bleeds through easily, due to the workshops the actors had partaken in beforehand, making for the hang out moment's and atmosphere feel effortlessly lived in.
The performances were great due to an impressive ensemble and there was an authenticity not just from the main youthful cast, but all the outsiders 'Rocks' encounters in her story.
Bukky Bakray's central performance as 'Rocks' is simply extremely powerful. She does a great job of showing her emotional frailties' as well as transitioning into a sense of maturity by placing it onto her little brother played by D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, who does a terrific job, portraying innocence and flair as well as being comic relief straight from the beginning.
Rocks' hardened experience and the unfair burden placed on her leads to a harrowing innocence to experience by her mother disappearing, which is not explicitly justified in the beginning as to why, perhaps to show it from Rock's oblivious, innocent perspective.
Also, an underrated aspect is this film handles the contemporary age of phones and social media everywhere well and incorporate it into the visual storytelling.
Many directors feel they have to make period pieces as they have stated they don't know how to get past the smartphone barrier, and Rocks has arguably overcome this successfully.
However, this can cause abrupt edits and loses the fluidity and pacing of some scenes.
It can also lead to a contrast when deciding if it is a exciting scene as opposed to the more somber, contemplative, realistic feel the film is aiming to capture and balance, but I applaud the effort.
The tone is also all over the place, conceivably representing her life and predicament, however there may be too much tether given.
The cinematography by Hélène Louvart, who also shot Never Rarely Sometimes Always recently, places us into Rocks perspective with ease and is extremely detailed whilst creating an intimate drama in which Rocks is almost in every frame.
The film is written by Nigerian-British playwright/screenwriter Theresa Ikoko along with film and TV writer Claire Wilson in which they combine tragedy and humour with a thread of looseness which is inevitably down to the collaboration and preparation of this film.
The ending for some feels incomplete for some, but without spoiling anything, there was definitely a realisation and conclusion to this intense story - a minor key ending.
Overall Gavron, and her predominantly female crew, have made a film with its heart in the right place and it will surely be one of the best films this year. Vital cinema.
This film directed by Sarah Gavron realistically captures a completely different London to which you usually see. A youthful London, not seen through the lens of gang violence, or an other-worldly bright posh feel, but one simply about sisterhood.
Girlhood is a good film to compare it to, or Divines, but this feels wholly new. The gritty feel to London is captured viscerally and it's nice seeing different characters which are not usually represented on screen.
The director feels removed in the best way, but the vision always felt tightly held. The performances feel like real people with their improv-type dialogue.
You can sense the collaboration and the naturalism bleeds through easily, due to the workshops the actors had partaken in beforehand, making for the hang out moment's and atmosphere feel effortlessly lived in.
The performances were great due to an impressive ensemble and there was an authenticity not just from the main youthful cast, but all the outsiders 'Rocks' encounters in her story.
Bukky Bakray's central performance as 'Rocks' is simply extremely powerful. She does a great job of showing her emotional frailties' as well as transitioning into a sense of maturity by placing it onto her little brother played by D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, who does a terrific job, portraying innocence and flair as well as being comic relief straight from the beginning.
Rocks' hardened experience and the unfair burden placed on her leads to a harrowing innocence to experience by her mother disappearing, which is not explicitly justified in the beginning as to why, perhaps to show it from Rock's oblivious, innocent perspective.
Also, an underrated aspect is this film handles the contemporary age of phones and social media everywhere well and incorporate it into the visual storytelling.
Many directors feel they have to make period pieces as they have stated they don't know how to get past the smartphone barrier, and Rocks has arguably overcome this successfully.
However, this can cause abrupt edits and loses the fluidity and pacing of some scenes.
It can also lead to a contrast when deciding if it is a exciting scene as opposed to the more somber, contemplative, realistic feel the film is aiming to capture and balance, but I applaud the effort.
The tone is also all over the place, conceivably representing her life and predicament, however there may be too much tether given.
The cinematography by Hélène Louvart, who also shot Never Rarely Sometimes Always recently, places us into Rocks perspective with ease and is extremely detailed whilst creating an intimate drama in which Rocks is almost in every frame.
The film is written by Nigerian-British playwright/screenwriter Theresa Ikoko along with film and TV writer Claire Wilson in which they combine tragedy and humour with a thread of looseness which is inevitably down to the collaboration and preparation of this film.
The ending for some feels incomplete for some, but without spoiling anything, there was definitely a realisation and conclusion to this intense story - a minor key ending.
Overall Gavron, and her predominantly female crew, have made a film with its heart in the right place and it will surely be one of the best films this year. Vital cinema.
Movie night with Iris.
Despite the terrible circumstances upbeat tale of a steady and immutable young woman. This is the most authentic film about British teens in years.
The events of Rocks are tragic, but the film (like its heroine) refuses to get dragged down by despair. Rocks is a heartfelt testament to the resilience of our young sisterhood.
Despite the terrible circumstances upbeat tale of a steady and immutable young woman. This is the most authentic film about British teens in years.
The events of Rocks are tragic, but the film (like its heroine) refuses to get dragged down by despair. Rocks is a heartfelt testament to the resilience of our young sisterhood.
If you only go to the cinema once during lock-down make sure that this is the film that you see. A wonderful film with an astonishing performance from Bucky Bakray as the title character.
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- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- Рокс
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Hackney, Londra, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(neighborhood where Rocks lives)
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- 628.654 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione
- 1h 33min(93 min)
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1
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