Bridgend

– Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide with..

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Movie
Rating:
5.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Bridgend (2015)

Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide without leaving any clue as to why. This is the starting point for this mysterious social drama.

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Bridgend (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Jun 2015

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Jeppe Rønde

Writer:

Jeppe Rønde, Torben Bech, Peter Asmussen

Main Actors:

Hannah Murray, Josh O'Connor, Adrian Rawlins, Patricia Potter

Plot:

"Bridgend" follows Sara and her dad, Dave as they arrive to a small village in Bridgend County. The village is haunted by suicides amongst its young inhabitants, and Sara falls dangerously in love with one of the teenagers, Jamie while Dave as the town's new policeman tries to stop the mysterious chain of suicides. The film is an uncompromising story focused on the relationship between vulnerable teenagers and their parents who are left in the dark. The story of the film is based on a mysterious suicide cluster that took place in Bridgend County, a small former coal-mining province in Wales. Between December 2007 and January 2012 seventy-nine suicides were officially committed in the area. Most of the victims were teenagers, they hanged themselves and left no suicide notes. Danish documentary filmmaker Jeppe Rønde followed the teenagers from the area for six years and wrote the script based on their life stories. Bridgend is Rønde's fiction film debut. It is entirely shot on location in Wales, with many of the local teenagers casted as actors.

Awards:

12 wins & 14 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.5/10
Metacritic:
53%