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Dreams of a Life
Film / 2011

Dreams of a Life

Directed by Carol Morley
DramaDocumentary

★ 6.5/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Zawe AshtonJoyce Vincent Alix Luka-CainYoung Joyce Cornell JohnFather Neelam BakshiMother Frances CooperSister Kelly AgbowuSister Sophia LeonieSister Nadia Di MambroSister Diveen HenryHousing Officer Jay SimpsonCaretaker Daren Elliott HolmesBailiff Angela SimsCleaner
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Jonathan HardenCleaner Joanna BrookesCleaner Ki' Juan WhittonYoung Boy Robert CawseyStrippogram Polly KempRefuge Worker Tom NearneyMusician Lee ColleySound Engineer Pearl SmithWoman in Pub Sarah DulleyNurse Carol MorleyHerself/Interviewer

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