The Alcohol Years (2000)

7.2/10 • 50 min • Drama Documentary

Overview

Carol Morley returns to Manchester, where in the early 1980s, five years of her life were lost in an alcoholic blur. The Alcohol Years is a poetic retrieval of that time, in which rediscovered friends and acquaintances recount tales of her drunken and promiscuous behavior. In Morley’s search for her lost self, conflicting memories and viewpoints weave in and out, revealing a portrait of the city, its pop culture, and the people who lived it.

Cast

Carol Morley

Tony Wilson

Bruce Mitchell

Himself

Pete Shelley

Himself

Douglas Hart

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