'Young Hearts Run Free' is a debut feature film made on a micro-budget but it has grabbed national press attention (***Total Film, ***The Telegraph, 'Heartfelt' The Guardian), has won festival awards in Britain, USA and India and has been released in cinemas around the UK.
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Friendship, First Loves, Rebellion!
1974; during a violent miners strike in a quiet village a teenage artist falls for the gorgeous new girl from London but their attempts to escape cause him to betray his family, community and best friends. With political protests and community bonds straining under a crumbling economy the film is very relevant for today and is an uplifting and soulful mix of cool 1970s styles, romance, teenage rebellion and gritty social realism.
1974; during a violent miners strike in a quiet village a teenage artist falls for the gorgeous new girl from London but their attempts to escape cause him to betray his family, community and best friends. With political protests and community bonds straining under a crumbling economy the film is very relevant for today and is an uplifting and soulful mix of cool 1970s styles, romance, teenage rebellion and gritty social realism.
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'canny enough to stand comparison with coming-of-age Brit-flicks like SoulBoy
and Cemetery Junction.’ ***Total Film ‘Heartfelt’ and ‘warmhearted, with evidence that Simpson will have more to offer in his next film.’ -The Guardian. 'Young Hearts Run Free is a fascinating, passionate, revelatory tale of what it is to be young and in love. This is a wonderfully realised debut from a seriously talented newcomer.’ -4/5 Project Bootleg (Bootleg Film Festival) |
Stars ‘a terrific Jennifer Bryden’ and is 'closer in kind to Brassed Off and The Full Monty, fusing politics and
romance’ ***The Telegraph 'This has probably been the most enjoyable evening of everyfilmin2011 so far'. -everyfilmin2011.com 'it's more like coal of a rough-hewn quality-the producers have the potential to produce a diamond. See it and contribute' -The Morning Star |
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