Ray & Liz

On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humor, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of the experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.

Cast

Justin Salinger

as Ray

Ella Smith

as Liz

Patrick Romer

as Older Ray

Deirdre Kelly

as Older Liz

Tony Way

as Lol

Sam Gittins

as Will

Richard Ashton

as Sid

Joshua Millard-Lloyd

as Jason

Mary Helen Donald

as Hilda

Jacob Tuton

as Richard (Aged 10)

Reviews

SWITCH.

It may be dour, but the film is also vital, edgy and progressive. It also must be noted that it’s very funny at times, in a brutal human comedy sort of way ('Good Thing' by Fine Young Cannibals plays over the end credits). To be put off by the uncomfortable themes, unglamorous urban location and pre...

CinemaSerf

I think part of my problem with this is that having grown up in a room and kitchen in a 1970s Glasgow tenement where we bathed in the sink, once a week, in water freshly boiled from the kettle atop the metred gas stove, I find these “northern” (English) tales of woe and misfortune all a bit melodram...

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