The Alcohol Years

Nov 9 2000 N/A 0h 50m
Documentary

Carol Morley returns to Manchester, where in the early 1980s, five years of her life were lost in an alcoholic blur. The Alcohol Years is a poetic retrieval of that time, in which rediscovered friends and acquaintances recount tales of her drunken and promiscuous behavior. In Morley’s search for her lost self, conflicting memories and viewpoints weave in and out, revealing a portrait of the city, its pop culture, and the people who lived it.

Plot

When artist, musician, writer and filmmaker Carol Morley was twenty-one she left her hometown of Manchester and did not return for twelve years. Growing up in the 80s, she began drinking heavily at sixteen and frequented clubs such as the Hacienda whilst also fronting her own girl punk outfit. With her memories of the period fuzzy, she returns to the city to find out what happened, resulting in an engrossing and evocative study of the period and the British pop culture legends who made it. Text taken from the website of GFT (Glasgow film theatre)

Written by

Carol Morley

Directed by

Carol Morley

Cast

Andrew Berry, Adam Chodzko, Bob Dickinson

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Cannon and Morley Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total

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