Control [videorecording (DVD)] / NorthSee ; Three Dogs and a Pony ; Warner Music ; produced by Anton Corbijn, Todd Eckert, Orian Williams ; writer, Matt Greenhalgh ; directed by Anton Corbijn.
Title from container. Samantha Morton, Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, Craig Parkinson, James Anthony Pearson, Ben Naylor. Based on the autobiography "Touching from a distance" by Deborah Curtis.
Summary:
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.
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