Blue Jean
- 2022
- 1h 37min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,0/10
5413
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Nel 1988, un insegnante è spinto al limite quando un nuovo studente minaccia di esporre la sua sessualità.Nel 1988, un insegnante è spinto al limite quando un nuovo studente minaccia di esporre la sua sessualità.Nel 1988, un insegnante è spinto al limite quando un nuovo studente minaccia di esporre la sua sessualità.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Nominato ai 1 BAFTA Award
- 14 vittorie e 27 candidature totali
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- BlooperWhen Vivian drives Jean to the beach on her motorcycle, a distance lens shot shows Jean's face shield down. However, a close-up immediately following shows the shield up followed by second distance shot again with the shield down.
- Citazioni
Vivian Highton: How is that girl ever gonna learn she has a place in this world if you, of all people, tell her that she doesn't?
Jean Newman: What makes you think she has a place in this world?
- ConnessioniFeatured in EE BAFTA Film Awards (2023)
Recensione in evidenza
Jean (Rosy McEwen) is an attractive 20-something frosty haired gym teacher. She's asked by one of her colleagues at the school to go out for drinks with some of their fellow teachers - might even be a guy or two with an eye out for her. Jean, who has a female partner, demurs not by replying directly, but coming up with a a lame excuse. It's just one of the times that Jean is confronted with telling the truth, but "lies" instead.
England. Late 80s. Margaret Thatcher's conservative Britain to be precise. The nation is in full moral panic mode and the very suspicion that a teacher might be gay is grounds for removal. The law was called Section 28. To Writer-Director Georgia Oakley's credit, BLUE JEAN never becomes a polemic. It simply presents the reality of what people like Jean were going through at the time. Oakley's screenplay unfolds at a natural pace and the audience is given the details of Jean's background at an unhurried pace.
Jean's girlfriend is Viv (Kerrie Hayes) who, by contrast, is very much 'out'. She flaunts her sexuality and makes no apologies. Also complicating things for Jean is a new student, Lois (Lucy Halliday), who happens to hang out in the same local gay bar. Jean's family is little help, even her sister Sasha (Aoife Kennan) who outwardly supports her sibling, but is nonetheless concerned about protecting her young son when she is around.
The performances here all very good, with McEwen embodying her character's ambivalence, while also demonstrating fortitude. It's a tricky balance which Oakley's filmmaking ably abets. Oakley also creates a vivid depiction of the era with details of the LGBTQ community at the time. Songs by New Order, Letta Mbulu and Colourbox and others grace the soundtrack and the screenplay is filled with precise and distinctive terminology. There are not great revelations or epiphanies for Jean, but, Oakley imbues her main character with an inner strength that is palpable.
Section 28 was repealed in 2003.
England. Late 80s. Margaret Thatcher's conservative Britain to be precise. The nation is in full moral panic mode and the very suspicion that a teacher might be gay is grounds for removal. The law was called Section 28. To Writer-Director Georgia Oakley's credit, BLUE JEAN never becomes a polemic. It simply presents the reality of what people like Jean were going through at the time. Oakley's screenplay unfolds at a natural pace and the audience is given the details of Jean's background at an unhurried pace.
Jean's girlfriend is Viv (Kerrie Hayes) who, by contrast, is very much 'out'. She flaunts her sexuality and makes no apologies. Also complicating things for Jean is a new student, Lois (Lucy Halliday), who happens to hang out in the same local gay bar. Jean's family is little help, even her sister Sasha (Aoife Kennan) who outwardly supports her sibling, but is nonetheless concerned about protecting her young son when she is around.
The performances here all very good, with McEwen embodying her character's ambivalence, while also demonstrating fortitude. It's a tricky balance which Oakley's filmmaking ably abets. Oakley also creates a vivid depiction of the era with details of the LGBTQ community at the time. Songs by New Order, Letta Mbulu and Colourbox and others grace the soundtrack and the screenplay is filled with precise and distinctive terminology. There are not great revelations or epiphanies for Jean, but, Oakley imbues her main character with an inner strength that is palpable.
Section 28 was repealed in 2003.
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Dettagli
Botteghino
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 110.722 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 7.348 USD
- 11 giu 2023
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 741.644 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 37 minuti
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- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.66 : 1
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