Taglines: The Weekend has Landed!
Human Traffic movie storyline. The Cardiff club scene in the 90’s: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he’s impotent. Lulu, Jip’s mate, doesn’t find much to fancy in men.
Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekend’s aftermath. It’s breakthrough time for at least three of them.
Human Traffic is a 1999 British-Irish independent film written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Justin Kerrigan. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures, as well as relationships. It includes scenes provoking social commentary and the use of archive footage to provide political commentary.
With an original budget of £340,000, the production eventually came in for £2,200,000; the film was a financial success, taking in £2,500,000 at the UK box office alone, also enjoying good VHS and DVD sales. Human Traffic was critically well-received with largely positive reviews, and has achieved cult status, especially amongst subcultures such as the rave culture.
Human Traffic (2000)
Directed by: Justin Kerrigan
Starring: John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes, Danny Dyer, Nicola Reynolds, Dean Davies, Jan Anderson, Terence Beesley, Sarah Blackburn, Anne Bowen
Screenplay by: Justin Kerrigan
Production Design by: David Buckingham
Cinematography by: Dave Bennett
Film Editing by: Patrick Moore
Costume Design by: Claire Anderson
Art Direction by: Sue Ayton
Music by: Matthew Herbert, Roberto Mello
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive drug content and language, and for some strong sexuality.
Distributed by: Metrodome Distribution
Release Date: May 5, 2000
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