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Polly II - Plan for a Revolution in Docklands (2006)
Directed by Anja Kirschner
Drama, Science Fiction · 30m
Set in the flooded ruins of a dystopian East London, POLLY II: PLAN FOR A REVOLUTION IN DOCKLANDS draws on references to soap opera, science fiction, satire and Brechtian ‘Lehrstueck’. It alludes to Polly, 1728, John Gay’s censored sequel to the popular Beggar’s Opera, 1727, which resurrected the character of the robber Macheath in the disguise of the African pirate captain Morano, scheming to take revenge on a colony in the West Indies, and is populated by many of the characters made popular by Gay and Brecht. The film features the naïve and incorruptible Polly, the vengeful whore Jenny Diver, and the treacherous and greedy Peachum – fencer, thief-taker and king of the beggars – and portrays them surviving in a lawless zone, set to be redeveloped into luxury waterside living, as a comment on the social struggles against gentrification and privatisation.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Anja Kirschner
- Writer
- Anja Kirschner
Details
- Release date
- 2006-01-02
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English