Bronco Bullfrog

Film Information:
Year:

1969

Bronco Bullfrog

País:

 

Director:

Barney Platts-Mills

Color:

B&W

Format:

35 mm

Duration:

86 min

Cast:

  • Del Walker, Anne Gooding, Sam Shepherd,
  • Roy Haywood, Freda Shepherd

Production:

  • GUIÓN: Barney Platts-Mills
  • FOTOGRAFÍA: Adam Barker-Mill
  • MONTAJE: Jonathan Gili
  • PRODUCCIÓN: Andrew St. John

Contact:

  • Barney Platts Mills
  • P.O. Box 399
  • HA7 9DB Stanmore, England
  • E director@platts-mills.com
  • W www.platts-mills.com

Synopsis

Del is a young suedehead, a variation of the skinhead subculture (not to be mistaken with the neo-Nazi ones) characterized by having slightly longer hair and a somewhat more elegant style when dressing, but maintaining the trademark boots and the taste for reggae and ska. Working in a job with very few perspectives and with little encouragement from his father, Del devotes his time to his gang –and the minor heists they manage to pull; he also rides his motorcycle and hangs out with Irene, his new girlfriend. However, since Del’s father wants nothing to do with Irene, and Irene’s mother believes Del to be a bad influence, the couple decides to run away. Filmed with non-professional actors –a bunch of cockneys who doesn’t need to act their clumsiness, disillusion, or their bitter family evenings– Bronco Bullfrog is a late kitchen sink drama that captures the spirit of working class youth in the London’s East End and expresses it through a mythical portrait of adolescence.

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