In London in 1964, before the 'Summer of 'Love and the infamous '68 , move two rival gangs in search of perennial snag: Mods and Rockers. Jimmy (Phil Daniels), angry temperament and look mad frenzy as generational period, is a mod that moves with the herd his friends riding scooters strictly Italian sparkling, always ready to dive or enjoy a strange blue pills to fight every step of the hated rivals with a board of roaring motorcycles. Love with the beautiful Steph (Leslie Aash), the young man and his band decide to participate in the annual Bank Holiday of Brigthon, coveted festive gathering that attracts visitors from all over England. Involved in the clashes that broke out between Mods and Rockers (and past history with the name of "The Battle of Brigthon"), Jimmy begins a slow and painful journey of self-awareness that makes him aware of the nature of true outsiders reluctant to any compromise with the society around him. Not even family and friends, a safe haven for every time impetuous self-indulgence, they can appease the anger of the young, because of them he discovers hypocrisy and betrayal (as Dave, his best friend, who's blowing Steph). Released by the group with a deep sense of bitterness, Jimmy is an aimless drifter, a fugitive who finds no peace. The attempt to return to Brighton, the ancient place of dreams, but the new trip will turn into the final rite in which to celebrate the end of all genuine illusion.
Taken from the 1973 album The Who, Quadrophenia (the name derives from a disturbance of the character), was produced by the frontman of British band (Pete Townshend) and directed by Franc Roddam in just five weeks in 1979. The plot was inspired by a true story (the suicide of a young man at the cliffs of Brighton) and is based on the facts that in the mid-60's upset that British lifestyle to which England was famous in the world. Deliberately planting generation to the cult of Roddam moves nervous between songs to a soundtrack in which, alongside the Who (My Generation and that became an anthem of rock), brand names such as Lesley Gore and James Brown. Ideally divided into two parts, the film throws us into the pit at first stunned the mods, in a slow climb that saw its zenith in the trip to Brighton, then thrown out of the dream idealized, in a cruel disillusionment and melancholy that makes Jimmy the coolest bastard in the drama, perhaps because, a bit 'as it was with Alex Clockwork Orange, his is a genuinely neutral nature, in search of the ultimate voice in the world and the love that could save him, but instead marks the beginning of the fall down. To conform.
rating 8 / 10 Joe Joseph
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