''Bridgend'' is a 2015 English-language Danish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Jeppe Rønde Jeppe Rønde (born 1973) is a Denmark, Danish filmmaker. Rønde was born in Aarhus, Denmark and worked as a professional musician until he graduated in Film Studies and Art History from the University of Copenhagen in 2002. In 2003, he directed h ...

and written by Rønde alongside Torben Bech and Peter Asmussen. The film is based on the

Bridgend suicide incidents The Bridgend suicide incidents were a set of at least 26 suicides involving young people in Bridgend County Borough in South Wales in 2007 and 2008.

. The film had its World Premiere at the

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and its North American premiere at the

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, at both of which it was highly acclaimed; in the latter, it received three awards, including Best Actress for

Hannah Murray Tegan Lauren-Hannah Murray (born 1 July 1989) is an English people, English actress. She played Cassie in ''Skins (British TV series), Skins'' (2007–2008, 2013) and Gilly (A Song of Ice and Fire), Gilly in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thr ...

. The general reviews have been mixed to positive, with

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giving an average score of 53 out of 100 points, counting nine reviews. The film was viewed in Wales however as sensationalist, lacking truth and exploitative of the dead teenagers.

Cast

as Sara *

Steven Waddington Steven Waddington (born 30 December 1967) is an English film and television actor. He is best known for his supporting role in Michael Mann's ''The Last of the Mohicans''. Early life Waddington was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, the ...

as Dave *

Josh O'Connor Josh O'Connor (born in 1989/1990) is a British actor. He portrayed a young Charles III (Prince Charles) in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'' (2019–2020), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and th ...

as Jamie *

Adrian Rawlins Adrian John Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor best known for playing Arthur Kidd in '' The Woman in Black'' and James Potter in the ''Harry Potter'' films. In 2019, he starred in ''Chernobyl'' as Nikolai Fomin. Early life Rawli ...

as Vicar * Patricia Potter as Rachel * Aled Thomas as Danny *

Elinor Crawley Elinor Crawley (born 8 November 1991) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her role as Thyri in the television series ''Vikings'' and for portraying Cecily of York in '' The White Queen''. Early life and education Crawley was diagnosed w ...

as Laurel *Scott Arthur as Thomas * Jamie Burch as Angus * Corey Brown as Extra

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{wikiquote 2015 drama films 2015 films English-language Welsh films English-language Danish films British drama films Danish drama films Films set in Wales 2010s English-language films 2010s British films