Début feature of the well-known pop photographer and director of music videos Anton Corbijn, about Ian Curtis, singer of the British band Joy Division, who committed suicide in 1980, at the age of 23.
Ian Curtis, singer of the British band Joy Division, committed suicide in 1980, ath the age of 23. The film is based on the book Touching from a Distance by widow Deborah Curtis. The story focuses on the singer's final years. Entirely shot in black-and-white, the film presents a sober and gloomy image of Manchester in the late seventies, but has some strikingly diverting moments, too.
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