Dreams of a Life
2011 · Movie · 95 min · ★ 6.5 · 70% critics
A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-08-16
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (69 votes)
Themes
- skeleton
- london, england
- isolation
- dead woman
- woman director
- mysterious death
- 2000s
- black woman
Cast & crew
Zawe Ashton
as Joyce Vincent
- AL
Alix Luka-Cain
as Young Joyce
Cornell John
as Father
Neelam Bakshi
as Mother
- FC
Frances Cooper
as Sister
- KA
Kelly Agbowu
as Sister
Sophia Leonie
as Sister
- NM
Nadia Di Mambro
as Sister
Diveen Henry
as Housing Officer
Jay Simpson
as Caretaker
Directed by Carol Morley