New restoration! The debut film by “one of the forgotten heroes of British cinema” (Matthew Sweet, BBC Radio 4), Barney Platts-Mills’ BRONCO BULLFROG is “remarkable” (Mollie Panter-Downes, The New Yorker), a “breathtaking time capsule” (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian), and a “revelation” (Kieron Corless, Sight & Sound).
Seventeen year old Del, with no money and nowhere to go, breaks into train cars with his cool, fresh-out-of-Borstal (reform school) pal Bronco Bullfrog. But one day he meets the lovely Irene, and despite an earful from his dad (and her mum), the two young lovers run away together… but to where?
Shot in London’s East End in 1969, cast with Doc Marten wearing locals, and set to a dynamic soundtrack by early 70s art rock band Audience, BRONCO BULLFROG has been compared to the work of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, but it’s all its own. After a minuscule American release following its Edinburgh and Cannes premieres, this “lost gem” returns over 50 years later as a cult landmark of two teens in love, in black and white and cockney - with subtitles.
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