Ray & Liz
Ray & Liz is a 2018 British drama film written and directed by Richard Billingham in his feature debut. The film retells Billingham's troubled childhood growing up in a Black Country council flat during the Thatcher era. It focuses "on his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason." Billingham, a photographer, previously published the book Ray's a Laugh (1996), with photographs of his family at the time depicted in the film.
Plot
The film retells Billingham's troubled childhood growing up in a Black Country council flat during the Thatcher era. It focuses "on his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason."
More details
author | Richard Billingham |
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director | Richard Billingham |
editor | Tracy Granger |
genre | drama |
keywords | black country grow up premiership of margaret thatcher thatcher era troubled childhood |
nomination | IFFR audience award |
producer | Jacqui Davies |
theme | biographical documentary |