Broken (Original title)
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 08 March 2013 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Rufus Norris
Synopsis: Drama. Skunk is an 11-year-old with diabetes living a blissful life in an isolated North London cul-de-sac with her devoted single father Archie. As the summer holidays begin, Skunk witnesses a violent incident involving her neighbours which threatens her childhood innocence and forces her to confront the harsh realities of the world around her.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Family, Diabetes, Fathers, Childhood, Violence, Neighbours
Releases
Date: 08 March 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 90 mins 37 secs - Length: 8157 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 91 mins 1 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 08 March 2013 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Rufus Norris
Synopsis: Drama. Skunk is an 11-year-old with diabetes living a blissful life in an isolated North London cul-de-sac with her devoted single father Archie. As the summer holidays begin, Skunk witnesses a violent incident involving her neighbours which threatens her childhood innocence and forces her to confront the harsh realities of the world around her.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Family, Diabetes, Fathers, Childhood, Violence, Neighbours
Releases
Date: 08 March 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 90 mins 37 secs - Length: 8157 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: StudioCanal Limited
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 91 mins 1 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: British Film Institute, ©: BBC, ©: Cuba Pictures (Broken) Ltd., Production Company: Cuba Pictures, Made in association with: LipSync Productions, Bill Kenwright Films, Made with the support of: National Lottery through the BFI’s Film Fund, Presents: BBC Films, Presents: BFI, [Presented] in association with: LipSync Productions, Bill Kenwright Films, Worldwide Sales by: Wild Bunch, Executive Producer: Joe Oppenheimer, Executive Producer: Norman Merry, Developed by: BBC Films, Produced by: Dixie Linder, Produced by: Tally Garner, Produced by: Nick Marston, Produced by: Bill Kenwright, Line Producer: Wendy Bevan-Mogg, Production Executive: Michael Wood, Head of Business Affairs: Zoe Brown, Development Editor: Beth Pattinson, Head of Fund: Tanya Seghatchian, Senior Production and Development Executive: Lizzie Francke, Story Editor: Bradley Quirk, Head of Production: Fiona Morham, Literary Consultant: Suzy Lucas, Senior Business Affairs Executive: Sarah Caughey, Production Executive: Amanda Pyne, Executive Producer: Peter Hampden, Peter Raven, Managing Director: Bill Kenwright, Commercial Director: Steve Potts, Finance Director: Alan Sharp, Production Co-ordinator: Jeremy Campbell, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Hussain Ahmed, Production Accountant: Freya Pinsent, Location Manager: Helene Lenszner, Location Assistant: Hannah Lamb, Location Assistant: Lottie Mason, Post-production Supervisor: Gisela Evert, Post-production Co-ordinator: Katie Bullock-Webster, 1st Assistant Director: Matthew Hanson, 2nd Assistant Director: Paul Bennett, 3rd Assistant Director: Darren Price, Script Supervisor: San Davey, Casting: Maggie Lunn, Casting Assistant: Camilla Evans, Casting Assistant: Vicki Thomson, Supporting Artistes: Guys and Dolls Casting, Ray Knight Casting, Screenplay by: Mark O'Rowe, Based on the novel by: Dan Clay, Director of Photography: Rob Hardy, Focus Puller: Fran Weston, Clapper/Loader: Dan West, Gaffer: Carolina Schmidtholstein, Best Boy: John Harris, Electrician: Raffa Giordano, Genny Operator: Damien Cooper, Key Grip: David Armstrong, Grip Assistant: Michael Wacker, Playback Operator: Paul Keating, Stills Photographer: Nick Wall, Visual Effects by: LipSync Post, Visual Effects Producer: Lucy Tanner, Visual Effects Supervisor: Sheila Wickens, Head of Visual Effects: Stefan Drury, Executive Visual Effects Supervisor: Sean H. Farrow, Additional Visual Effects by: Jellyfish, {Additional} Visual Effects Supervisor: Stephen Coren, {Additional} Visual Effects Producer: Earle Stuart Callender, Scanning and Recording Manager: Daniel Tomlinson, D-Lab Operator: Abigail McKenzie, Tom Wadd, Digital Restoration Technician: Alberto Buron, Digital Compositor: Naomi Butler, Digital Compositor: James Elster, Ivan Lima, Senior Systems Engineer: David Lloyd, Systems Engineer: Dan Spain, Editor: Victoria Boydell, Assistant Editor: Gabrielle Smith, Assistant Editor: Rab Wilson, Post Production Services by: LipSync Post, Post Producer: Aileen McIntosh, Lab Consultant: Paul Dray, Head of Film: James Clarke, Film Engineer: Linden Brownbill, VT Supervisor: Rick White, Production Designer: Kave Quinn, Art Director: Dan Taylor, Standby Art Director: Rachel Aulton, Assistant Art Director: Henry Woolway, Set Decorator: Stella Fox, Draughtsperson: Daniel Nussbaumer, Scenic Artist: Kristine Maj de Neergaard, Prop Master: Paul Carter, Dressing Props: Peter Wood, Dressing Prop Dailies: Bruce Collier, Dressing Prop Dailies: James Collier, Dressing Prop Dailies: Tone Gibbs, Dressing Prop Dailies: Paul Turner, Dressing Prop Dailies: Paul Mitchell, Dressing Prop Dailies: Turner Moyes, Dressing Prop Dailies: Gary Robinson, Andy Skipsey, Standby Props: Chris Allen, Petty Cash Buyer: Annie Bishop, Prop Supplier: Farley, Don Speake & Co., Prop Hire: Eccentric Trading Company Ltd, Prop Hire: Men at Work, Prop Hire: Newman Prop Hire Ltd, Trevor Howsam Ltd, Art Department Assistant: Katie Money, Construction Manager: Paul Bowring, Costume Designer: Jane Petrie, Costume Supervisor: Beth Gilman, Costume Stand-by: Genevieve Cox, Costume Hire: Foxtrot Productions, Angels the Costumiers, Hair and Make-up Designer: Fae Hammond, Make-up Artist: Rachael Speke, Make-up Assistant: Nicky Lissner, Make-up Assistant: Nicola Springall, Make-up Assistant: Naomi Nye, Titles by: LipSync Design, {Titles} Head of Design: Howard Watkins, {Titles} Sound Designer: Julia Hall, Titles Co-ordinator: Chris Bentley, Film Lab: DeLuxe Soho, Film Lab: Reliance MediaWorks Ltd., Technicolor, Colourist: Stuart Fyvie, Additional Colourist: Lee Clappison, Assistant Colourist: Scott Goulding, [Negative] Checker: Sarah Hughes, Original Music: Electric Wave Bureau, Strings Performed by: The Demon Strings, Cello: Isabelle Dunn, Viola: Stella Page, Violins: Kotono Sato, Violins: Antonia Pagulatos, Violins: Alice Pratley, Nina Foster, Drums: Tony Allen, Additional Guitars: Simon Tong, Recorded and Mixed by: Stephen Sedgwick, Music Recorded at: Studio 13, Music Recorded at: Minky's Loft, Dance Choreographer: Interlude UK, Production Sound Mixer: Alistair Crocker, Sound Maintenance: James Harbour, Re-recording Mixer: Paul Cotterell, Re-recording Mixer: Rob Hughes, Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson, Dialogue Editor: Paul Cotterell, FX Editor: Alastair Sirkett, ADR Mixer: Tim Atkins, ADR Studio: LipSync Post, Firehouse Recording Studios, Foley Artist: Paul Hanks, Foley Mixer: Simon Trundle, Foley Editor: Simon Trundle, Foley Recorded at: Universal Sound, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jimmy O'dee, Stunt Performer: Rachelle Biernat, Stunt Performer: Talila Craig, Stunt Performer: Nick Hobbs, David Newton, Production Legal Services: Lee & Thompson LLP, Production Legal Services: Jeremy Gawade, Production Legal Services: Natalie Usher, Anwen Griffiths, Dolby Engineer: Robert Karlsson, Unit Publicist: Kate Lee, Unit Publicist: Freud Communications, EPK [Electronic Press Kit]: Robbie Sloan, Stock Footage: BBC Motion Gallery, Camera Consumables: Take 2, Camera Equipment Hire: Panavision, Lighting Equipment: Panalux, Rigging: Metro Rigging
Cast
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Tim Roth (Archie), Cillian Murphy (Mike Kiernan), Rory Kinnear (Bob Oswald), Robert Emms (Rick), Zana Marjanovic (Kasia), Clare Burt (Mrs Buckley), Bill Milner (Jed), Denis Lawson (Mr Buckley), Eloise Laurence (Skunk), Charlie Booty (baby Skunk), Lily James (older Skunk), Lucas Fernandes-pendse (Harry Barlow), Michael Fernandes-pendse (Henry Barlow), Faye Daveney (Saskia), Martha Bryant (Sunrise), Paul Thornley (policeman 1), David Webber (policeman 2), Rosalie Kosky-Hensman (Susan), Seeta Indrani (Dr Mortimer), Andrew Frame (DC Carson), George Sergeant (Dillon), Nick Holder (Dave Toad), Severn Brand (Fiona Torby), Sally Seery (gym teacher), Salo Gardner (old man), Nell Tiger Free (Anna), Andrew Maud (Mr McCluskey), Rory Girvan (older boy), Joshua Warner-Campbell (Kevin), Lino Facioli (Stephen), Aaron Chawla (Vikram), Penny Layden (DC Jenks), Nicola Sloane (Dr Sinclair), Michael Shaeffer (desk sergeant), Lily Pebbles James (Skunk's baby)