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Dreams of a Life

Would anyone miss you?

6.5(72)20111h 35m2

A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$6.6K
Language
English
  • skeleton
  • london, england
  • isolation
  • dead woman
  • woman director
  • mysterious death
  • 2000s
  • black woman

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Behind the camera

Director

Carol Morley

Produced in

United Kingdom, Ireland

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical3 Aug 2012
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalLondon Film Festival16 Aug 2011
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1216 Aug 2011

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Dreams of a Life was released on 16 August 2011.

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    Igbochild

    7/11/2022

    10/10

    One of the saddest stories you are bound to see. A woman dies in her flat, but her body isn't discovered until more than two years later. There's more questions than answers about Joyce Vincent (played by Zawe Ashton), but it's hard not to be taken in by the material. So the next time that a friend or a family member calls to check on you for the umpteenth time, be grateful rather than annoyed.

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