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The Alcohol Years

Carol Morley's exploration of Manchester in the early 1980s, and the five years of her life she lost in an alcohol-fuelled blur.

Documentary 2000 50 mins

Director: Carol Morley

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Overview

Carol Morley returns to Manchester, where in the early 1980s, five years of her life were lost in an alcohol-fuelled blur. The Alcohol Years is a poetic retrieval of that time, in which rediscovered friends and acquaintances recount tales of her drunken and promiscuous behaviour. 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.

Director

Carol Morley

Featuring

Tony Wilson , Pete Shelley , Liz Naylor and Dave Haslam

Genres

Documentary

Certificate

Contains strong language and sex references

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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