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09/08/2019 Drama, Comedy 1h 57m
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For anyone who has ever wanted to dream. You're not alone.

Overview

In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

  1. Gurinder Chadha

    Director, Writer

  2. Sarfraz Manzoor

    Writer

  3. Paul Mayeda Berges

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Viveik Kalra

    Javed

  2. Nell Williams

    Eliza

  3. Hayley Atwell

    Ms Clay

  4. Kulvinder Ghir

    Malik

  5. Aaron Phagura

    Roops

  6. Dean-Charles Chapman

    Matt

  7. Meera Ganatra

    Noor

  8. Nikita Mehta

    Shazia

  9. Tara Divina

    Yasmeen

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by SWITCH.
Written by SWITCH. on 2019-06-10
Perhaps it was the “I feel like I’ve seen this before” factor, but ‘Blinded By The Light’ just didn’t resonate. It lacked the humour, the heart and the finesse of Chadha’s previous films, and therefore it falls short.
- Jess Fenton

Read Jess' full article...
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-blinded-by-the-light-the-spiritual-sequel-to-bend-it-like-beckham

Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.
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Recommendations

  1. Moxie71%
  2. The Girl in the Book58%
  3. Skin64%
  4. Teen Spirit60%
  5. I Swear82%
  6. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere66%
  7. One Chance67%
  8. SubUrbia61%
  9. Gigi & Nate76%
  10. Starving in Suburbia65%
  11. I Am David69%
  12. Holy Lands61%
  13. A Call to Spy67%
  14. Thunderstruck61%
  15. What Maisie Knew71%
  16. The Secret Life of Bees74%
  17. Sky62%
  18. Pride76%
  19. Eddie the Eagle71%
  20. The Darkest Minds70%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,300,000.00

Revenue
$18,144,644.00

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