CANOE FILM
 
Summary
Staff
Films
News
I GET KNOCKED DOWN
SALES
 
More Information

Completed - ENGLISH - Documentary - 88 minutes

Log Line

Part music documentary, part unflinching character study, part a punk version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ - I Get Knocked Down is the funny, surreal and deeply human story of the most audacious anarchist music experiment of all time.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2022 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2023 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Sophie ROBINSON, Dunstan BRUCE
Writer(s) : Sophie ROBINSON, Dunstan BRUCE
Cast : Dunstan BRUCE

Producer(s) : Sophie ROBINSON (So&So Pictures )

Synopsis

Dunstan Bruce is 59 and he’s struggling with the fact that the world seems to be going to hell in a handcart.He’s wondering where did it all go wrong? For him. For humanity.Twenty years after his fall from grace, the former frontman of the anarchist band Chumbawamba is angry and frustrated.But how does a middle-aged, retired radical, who now feels invisible get back up again?In this punk version of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ Dunstan is visited by the antagonistic ghost of his anarchist past. It is his alter ego, ‘Babyhead’ who forces him to question his own life, sending him on a search for his long-lost anarchist mojo.This is the untold and remarkable story of Chumbawamba and Dunstan’s personal redemptive voyage as well as a call to arms to those who think activism is best undertaken by someone else.An extraordinary, inspiring film for our times.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

This list is based on the distributors’ declarations.
In the case where you don't agree about one of them, please inform us of the change(s) you request by clicking here.

Festivals and Awards

Sheffield Doc Fest 2021
Leeds International Film Festival 2021
Foyle Film Festival 2021
Rotterdam IFFR 2022
SXSW 2022


If any information seems out of date, let us know