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BRIT URBAN ANGST DRAMA THE VIOLATORS OUT ON DVD
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Star date: 23rd July 2016
SEXPLOITATION AND SALFORD'S STEPHEN LORD FIRE THE VIOLATORS
Helen Walsh's The Violators, a 2016 tale of sexploitation, poverty and urban angst in the Government-violated North, is out on DVD this week, following rave reviews on its cinematic release.
Starring Salford actor, Stephen Lord, and rising stars, Lauren McQueen and Brogan Ellis, The Violators is well worth viewing on the small screen.
Full details here…
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Set on an estate in the Government-violated North, The Violators mirrors almost every urban social problem known to the un-working class – poverty, absent parents, abusive relationships, drugs, robbing, rubbish social workers, truancy, gangs and gross exploitation.
Centre stage is 15 year old, Shelly Hudson, played by Lauren McQueen, whose model looks and hopeless situation make her ripe for the chasing by forty year old `groomer' Mikey Finnegan, played by Salford actor, Stephen Lord.
His fingers are already in every pie in town. Alone, and trying to protect and bring up her 11 year old step brother, Jerome, Shelly has become steeped in the culture of the estate, nicking anything she can, hardened by circumstances – with a mother who doesn't want to know and a father who's on the verge of getting out of jail to re-terrify his kids.
Meanwhile, Shelly is befriended, spooked out and stalked by rich girl Rachel (Brogan Ellis), as the lifestyle contrast plays out in a bout of twists and turns. It's all very 2016, almost British cinema verite, written and debut-directed by Helen Walsh, and framed by a desolate streetscape made epic by some stunning cinematography.
"I remember saying to Helen that Ken [Loach] would be proud of this" Stephen Lord told the Salford Star on the film's cinematic release "It feels like a post Ken Loach film, my favourite director; although Helen has got her own individuality and doesn't shirk away from the truth. She gave me incredible freedom to go off script and it supports the story telling.
"Her novels, Brass and Once Upon A Time In England, were great reads and I felt that she's got a grasp of working class life, so when you saw these characters I felt as if I knew them" he added "It was, for me, like coming back to Salford; people I grew up with and know and, obviously, stories that can unfold on a working class estate…When I did Violators, Helen knew I could be from that world. There's obviously truth in it."
The Violators is released on DVD this week, with extras including director and cast interviews and a deleted scene.
For full review and interview with Stephen Lord see previous Salford Star article – click here
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