Five friends spend one lost weekend in a mix of music, love and club culture.
Run Time
99 min
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Rating Details
Rated R for pervasive drug content and language, and for some strong sexuality.
Genre
Comedy, Music
Language
English
Keyword
Weekend, Friend, Clubbing, DJ, Joint
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Colour
Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Ensemble Film, Urban Comedy
Themes
Party Film
Tones
Quirky, Irreverent, Madcap, Biting
Has Detailed Data (New)
10, 1, 2, 3
Count - Awards
15
Wikipedia Text
Human Traffic is a British independent film written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Justin Kerrigan. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures, as well as relationships. It includes scenes provoking social commentary and the use of archive footage to provide political commentary. The plot of the film revolves around five twenty-something friends and their wider work and social circle, the latter devotees of the club scene, taking place over the course of a drug-fuelled weekend in Cardiff, Wales. A central feature is the avoidance of moralising about the impact of 1990s dance lifestyle; instead the film concentrates on recreating the "vibe, the venues and the mood" of the dance movement from the 1991 "summer of love" to the film's release in 1999. In the first 25 minutes of the film Lee, the 17 year old brother of central character Nina, enthuses "I am about to be part of the chemical generation" and lists, using the slang of the period, a series of drugs that he might experiment with later that night. The film is narrated by one of the stars, John Simm, featuring numerous cameo appearances. It is also the film debut of Danny Dyer as well as referencing another drug culture film of the era, Trainspotting.
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