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Based on the autobiography "Touching from a distance" by Deborah Curtis.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Samantha Morton, Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, Craig Parkinson, James Anthony Pearson, Ben Naylor.
Ian Curtis has aspirations beyond the trappings of small town life in 1970s England. Wanting to emulate his musical heroes, he joins a band, and his musical ambition begins to thrive. Soon though, the everyday fears and emotions, fueled by his music, slowly begin to eat away at him. Married young, with a daughter, he is distracted from his family commitments by a new love and the growing expectations of his band, Joy Division. The strain manifests itself in his health. With epilepsy adding to his guilt and desperation, depression takes hold. Surrendering to the weight on his shoulder, Ian's tortured soul consumes him and leads him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Contents: Touching from a distance.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

worthless garbage, of interest to the very few. And depressing in B&W. submitted by Tassos on December 27, 2021, 3:08pm Unwatchable piece of crap.

Feel it closing in, day in day out day in day out submitted by answer-beat on May 25, 2023, 12:14am Obviously you need to be a Joy Division fan to appreciate this movie. Or at the very least, be a fan of extremely dour and British movies, which you most likely would already be if you're a Joy Division fan.
Anyway, I love Joy Division's music and even though I don't get caught up in the mythology of Ian Curtis the way some fans do, I thought this did a good job at portraying his mental illness without romanticizing it too much. But I'm not an expert on subjects like that.