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Nil by Mouth is a 1997 drama film portraying a family in South East London. It was Gary Oldman 's debut as a writer and director, and was produced by Oldman, Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson . It stars Ray Winstone as Raymond, the abusive husband of Valerie, played by Kathy Burke .
Feb 6, 1998 · Nil by Mouth: Directed by Gary Oldman. With Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse. A rough, short-tempered patriarch of a working-class family sees his life and the relationships around him slowly unravel.
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Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. In a working-class London neighborhood, a highly dysfunctional family struggles to survive. The widowed Janet (Laila Morse), a former ...
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Aug 31, 2022 · The new trailer for Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth, newly remastered in 4K to mark its 25th anniversary and back in cinemas from 4 November ...more.
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Mar 6, 1998 · Gary Oldman's "Nil by Mouth" descends into a domestic hell of violence, drugs and booze, where a man can kick his pregnant wife and then, drunk, scrape out the words "My Baby" on the wallpaper with his bloody fingernails.
Feb 6, 1998 · Overview. The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own.
Shot and scripted in a deceptively casual realist style reminiscent of 70s Cassavetes, this profoundly personal and humane film eschews sensationalism and sentimentality to illuminate a vicious circle of abuse and criminality.
