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Nil by Mouth is a 1997 drama film portraying a family in South East London. It was Gary Oldman 's debut as a writer and director, and was produced by Oldman, Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson.
Feb 6, 1998 · Nil by Mouth: Directed by Gary Oldman. With Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse. A rough, short-tempered patriarch of a working-class family sees his life and the relationships around him slowly unravel.
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- Drama
- Gary Oldman
- 1998-02-06
Mar 6, 1998 · Gary Oldman's "Nil by Mouth" descends into a domestic hell of violence, drugs and booze, where a man can kick his pregnant wife and then, drunk, scrape out the words "My Baby" on the wallpaper with his bloody fingernails.
In a working-class London neighborhood, a highly dysfunctional family struggles to survive. The widowed Janet (Laila Morse), a former factory worker, has welcomed relatives into her home.
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- Gary Oldman
- R
- Ray Winstone
2 hr 8 mins. Drama, Family. R. Watchlist. An unflinching look at a violent, dysfunctional family in South London. Directed by actor Gary Oldman, this film contains many...
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- 2 min
- R
Nil By Mouth. The dramatically brutal life of a family struggling to get by in South London is unflinchingly depicted in Gary Oldman's debut feature as writer/director. In a moving performance for which she was named Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, Kathy Burke stars with Ray Winstone, Chalire Creed-Miles, Laila Morse and Edna Dore in ...
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Set in gritty, smokey London, Nil By Mouth follows a dysfunctional family through a troubled time in their interwoven lives. Ray Winstone and Kathy Burke play Ray and Val, a couple who have a relationship built on the rockiest of foundations and although they aren't the sole focus of the film, they are very much the heart of it.