trinidad+tobago film festival 2010 screening
| Year | 1987 |
| Duration | 100 minutes |
| Type | Narrative feature |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Director(s) | Horace Ové |
| Rating | n/a |
| Contact | redbox555@yahoo.co.uk |
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The Caribbean Brixton Conquistadores are a cricket team from London made up of West Indian immigrants. When the Conquistadores are invited to play a charity game against a rural Suffolk village side to cap off celebrations of “Third World Week”, members of both teams have their reservations. What is meant to be a genial weekend in the country produces unexpected results, both on and off the field of play.
Directed by pioneering Trinidad-born filmmaker Horace Ové from a screenplay by novelist Caryl Phillips, Playing Away is a comedy of manners that explores and undermines various stereotypes even as it links two similar-yet-different cultures. The film features a brilliant performance from the late Norman Beaton (Desmond of the hit TV series Desmond’s).
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