House of America

1997 British film
  • 10 October 1997 (1997-10-10) (UK)
Running time
95 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

House of America is a 1997 Welsh film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh identity, its need for indigenous heroes and the nation's perceived inferiority complex.[2]

The film was the theatrical debut for director Marc Evans, and the film won him the 'Best Directorial Debut' award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The film also took four awards at the 1998 BAFTA Cymru awards.

It is a part of the cultural era known as Cool Cymru along with other similar independent films of the time.

Cast

  • Siân Phillips as Mam
  • Matthew Rhys as Boyo
  • Steven Mackintosh as Sid
  • Lisa Palfrey as Gwenny
  • Steve Speirs as The Head
  • Richard Harrington as Cat

Notes

  1. ^ Werksman, Hans Timeline: 1997 Fear is a man's best friend
  2. ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

External links

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Works directed by Marc Evans
Feature films
  • House of America (1996)
  • Resurrection Man (1997)
  • My Little Eye (2002)
  • Trauma (2004)
  • Snow Cake (2006)
  • Patagonia (2010)
  • Hunky Dory (2011)
  • Cassy and Jude (2015)
Television films
  • Thicker than Water (1993)
  • Bliss (1995)
  • Doors Open (2012)
Television miniseries
  • Collision (2009)
  • The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021)
  • Steeltown Murders (2023)
Documentaries


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