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The Arbor

  • 20102010
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2K
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The Arbor (2010)
The Arbor revisits the Buttershaw Estate where Andrea Dunbar grew up, thirty years on from her original play, telling the powerful true story of the playwright and her daughter Lorraine.
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  • Documentary
  • Biography
  • Drama

Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.

IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Clio Barnard
  • Stars
    • Manjinder Virk
    • Christine Bottomley
    • Natalie Gavin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Clio Barnard
  • Stars
    • Manjinder Virk
    • Christine Bottomley
    • Natalie Gavin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 59Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 8 wins & 26 nominations total

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    Photos8

    Kate Rutter and Natalie Gavin in The Arbor (2010)
    Manjinder Virk as Lorraine Dunbar in The Arbor.
    Manjinder Virk as Lorraine Dunbar in The Arbor.
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    The Arbor
    Manjinder Virk (Lorraine Dunbar) and Christine Bottomley (Lisa Dunbar) in THE ARBOR
    Manjinder Virk as Lorraine Dunbar (The ARBOR)

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    Manjinder Virk
    Manjinder Virk
    • Lorraine Dunbaras Lorraine Dunbar
    Christine Bottomley
    Christine Bottomley
    • Lisa Thompsonas Lisa Thompson
    Natalie Gavin
    Natalie Gavin
    • The Girlas The Girl
    Parvani Lingiah
    • Young Lorraineas Young Lorraine
    Danny Webb
    Danny Webb
    • Max Stafford-Clarkas Max Stafford-Clark…
    Kate Rutter
    Kate Rutter
    • The Motheras The Mother
    Liam Price
    • Billyas Billy
    Robert Haythorne
    • Fredas Fred
    Josh Brown
    • Policemanas Policeman
    Gary Whitaker
    • Selfas Self
    Jamie Timlin
    • Selfas Self
    Jimi Mistry
    Jimi Mistry
    • Yousafas Yousaf
    Robert Emms
    Robert Emms
    • Young Davidas Young David
    Kathryn Pogson
    Kathryn Pogson
    • Pamela Dunbaras Pamela Dunbar
    Jonathan Jaynes
    • David Dunbaras David Dunbar
    Richard Dunbar
    • Peteras Peter
    Scott Brandon
    • Chrisas Chris
    Anne-Marie Barwell
    • Gemma Normanas Gemma Norman
    • Director
      • Clio Barnard
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    Storyline

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    Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
    • title directed by female
    • playwright
    • f rated
    • foster parent
    • domestic violence
    • 11 more
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    • Taglines
      • A Documentary Reinvented
    • Genres
      • Documentary
      • Biography
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Unrated
    • Parents guide
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      There was some controversy when the film won the Best New Documentary Filmmaker at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010 as some members of the jury were unsure whether it qualified as a documentary or not.
    • Connections
      Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Kerb Crawler
      Written by Lesley Woods

      Performed by Au Pairs

      Licensed courtesy of Au Pairs

    User reviews14

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Amazing and Innovative
    By using actors who are lip-syncing interviews of actual people in Andrea Dunbar's life, this film pushes the documentary genre completely into the dramatic cinema field, with very interesting and moving results. Mix in stagings of her plays in the actual British housing projects where they were set, and vintage TV footage, you get a fascinating very creative mix.

    It's also a very enlightening portrait of a woman who used art and the written word to pull herself out of the slums, but failed to change as a human being, basically living the life of the housing project trash that she wrote about, abusing her children as a result.

    A fresh and very cinematic take on the documentary form. Check it out.
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    • greasyfilms
    • Jun 25, 2012

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 25, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Арбор
    • Filming locations
      • Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Artangel Media
      • UK Film Council
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,620
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,638
      • May 1, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $126,182
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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