Ashes

"It's not just your memory that can play tricks on you."

Jan 23 2014 N/A 1h 40m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

One-time hard man Frank Barron is barely recognisable now he’s been afflicted with Alzheimer's, but when his estranged son Jamie visits him in hospital he realises the extra stress Frank is put under and decides to break him out in the hope of returning him to his family. As the two travel across the country, beginning to bond along the way, it soon transpires that both Frank and Jamie are at odds with their past.

Plot

Frank (Ray Winstone) is confined to a residential home, stricken with Alzheimer's - past, present and future steadily disintegrating. Then one day, James (Jim Sturgess) appears, wanting to re-connect with a father who no longer knows him. James springs Frank from the home and the pair go on the run. As their haphazard journey unfolds - funny, violent and tragic by turns - the present merges with imperfect memories of the past and fact with fiction and we begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems. ASHES itself defies neat categorization; part road movie, part psychological thriller; part contemporary film noir, but all beautifully shot and with a grimly satisfying twist.

Written by

Paul Viragh, Mat Whitecross

Directed by

Mat Whitecross

Cast

Luke Evans, Jodie Whittaker, Lesley Manville

Crew

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Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
ASHES - Official UK DVD Trailer
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