London Road documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. Read more …
The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.
All cast and crew do an impressive job in making this unlikely proposition such an engaging, thought-provoking and darkly funny watch.
A bold, inspired and entirely unique piece of British cinema, London Road is absolutely unmissable.
The complex psychological effects that the Ipswich murders had on the town’s residents made for a uniquely gripping stage show in 2010 – and the film version is another triumph.
Uncomfortable truths surface as local residents deal with the media firestorm ignited by the murders of five women in 2006.
London Road: unlike any serial killer film you've seen before
Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday June 19, 2015, until Thursday June 25, 2015. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/
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