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Completed - ENGLISH - Crime - 101 minutes

Log Line

It follows the story of a young Jamaican named ‘D’ who, on arriving in early 1980s London, unexpectedly finds the young man who assassinated his revered brother back in Jamaica ten years before. His quest for justice explodes into a violent street war that could end up killing him and his loved ones

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Idris ELBA
Writer(s) : Brock norman BROCK, Martin STELLMAN
Cast : Aml AMEEN, Stephen GRAHAM, Fraser JAMES

Producer(s) : Gina CARTER, Robin GUTCH

Synopsis

Based on the cult novel by Victor Headley, Idris Elba’s stand-out directorial debut fuses the hard-boiled gangster genre with a dramatic coming-of-age period-piece. YARDIE centers on the life of a young Jamaican man who has never fully recovered from the murder of his older brother. Before he abandons his life of crime to follow a righteous path, he encounters his brother’s murderer, and embarks on a bloody, explosive quest for retribution. Elba expertly recreates the atmosphere of the times with an eye for detail and an evocative soundtrack that captures the tumultuous spirit of Kingston and London in the ’80s—where identity, culture, and even the cities themselves were in flux.

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Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

Festivals and Awards

Sundance 2018


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