1h 47mins
8/10
First time watch
Beautiful – Vulnerable – Heart-warming
A group of incarcerated individuals come together to stage a production, finding purpose and freedom on this creative endeavour with one another.
I knew very little about this film before I started watching it and I was surprised at how quickly I became invested in the characters and cared for them.
I did not know until the credits that lots of the cast had come from the rehabilitate theatre programme and had been playing themselves in the film, adding another layer of love for this film.
Our human need for connection and to feel free to express ourselves shines through in this film. It highlights how we can feel trapped by others preconceived ideas of us, feeling like we have to fit a certain role that others have placed upon us. Maybe we took on a certain role but don’t know how to come out of it and step into a new one that fits us better as we have grown. Sometimes we need to take on a role for our own survival.
Lovely seeing adults just play and let loose, especially when these adults are physically trapped in prison.
A beautiful story of connection, the importance of creativity and not giving up hope.
Would watch again
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