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The War Zone is a 1999 movie directed by Tim Roth. The film takes a blunt look at incest in an England family.

Upon it's release, the movie won 9 awards and 10 nominations.

Main Characters & Plot

Freddie Cunliffe plays Tom, an alienated teenager distraught due to his move from London to a new home in a Devon countryside, where he misses his old peers and distant relatives. He begins to uncover a sexual secret between his 18 year old sister, Jessie, and their dad. The tension between Tom and Jessie thickens as he reveals his knowledge of the incest. Eventually Tom confronts their father with accusations, and the dad instinctively lashes out in an intense beating, yelling and cursing and exploding. After Tom shares the secret with his mother (who had just given birth to a baby daughter), she flips out and, in shame and disbelief, leaves her husband. Finally Tom, with Jessie by her side, stabs and murders their dad in his bedroom. They retreat to a hillside bunker, distraught and traumatized. Jessie asks, "What are we gonna' do," signalling that they're on their own from then on.

Selected Cast

Annabelle Apsion (Nurse)
Kate Ashfield
(Lucy)
Lara Belmont
(Jessie)
Freddie Cunliffe (Tom)
Colin Farrell
(Nick)
Aisling O'Sullivan (Carol)
Tilda Swinton
(Mum)
Megan Thorp (Baby Alice)
Kim Wall (Barman)
Janeane Garafalo (Medieval Times waitress)
Ray Winstone
(Dad)

Critical Acclaim

The film was acclaimed for its blunt, truthful look at incest.

Awards & Nominations

1999 Berlin International Film Festival

C.I.C.A.E. Award - Tim Roth (won)

2000 Bodil Awards

Bodil - Best Non-American Film Tim Roth
(nominated)

1999 British Independent Film Awards
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British Independent Film Award - Best Newcomer Lara Belmont
(Won)

British Independent Film Award - Best Actor Ray Winstone
(Nominated)

British Independent Film Award - Best Actress Lara Belmont
(Nominated)

British Independent Film Award - Best British Film (Nominated)

British Independent Film Award - Best Director (Tim Roth)

1999 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

CFCA Award Most Promising Actress Lara Belmont
(Nominated)

1999 European Film Awards

European Film Award Tim Roth
(Won)

European Discovery of the Year Best Film Dixie Linder, Sarah Radclyffe (Nominated)

1999 Edinburgh International Film Festival====

Best New British Feature Tim Roth
(Won)

1999 Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival

Tróia Award - First Works Section Tim Roth
(Won)

1999 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

Jury Award Best Director Tim Roth
(Won)

Jury Award Best First Feature Tim Roth
(Won)

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