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Blue Jean

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• Comedy
• Drama

• 2022
• Georgia Oakley
• 97 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama starring Rosy McEwen. A PE teacher in 1980s Newcastle hides her sexuality from her charges and co-workers. But crisis beckons when she spots her new pupil hanging out at the local gay bar.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Molly Moss

Rosy McEwen is enthralling in this stirring debut from Georgia Oakley, which delivers a poignant portrait of a lesbian PE teacher living in Thatcherite Britain. In Newcastle in 1988, Jean (McEwen) leads a quiet double life. It's the nascent days of Section 28, the controversial law banning the "promotion of homosexuality" in schools, and she is forced to conceal her identity from co-workers and students. However, when new pupil Lois (Lucy Halliday) turns up at the gay bar Jean frequents with her girlfriend Viv (Kerrie Hayes), Jean's worlds collide. McEwen perfectly captures Jean's growing anguish as she lives under the shadow of the new legislation. Not only is there the increasing suspicion of her colleagues and the baseless disgust of her family, but she also faces an unbearable dilemma: how to protect Lois from homophobic taunts without sabotaging herself. Close-up shots of Jean's every twitch and wary glance make this at times a discomfiting watch, but one that brilliantly depicts the difficulty of everyday life under Section 28.

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6.9/10

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Cast

rolenameJeanRosy McEwenVivKerrie HayesLoisLucy HallidaySiobhanLydia PageAceStacy Abalogun

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rolenameDirectorGeorgia Oakley

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Theatrical distributor

Altitude

Released on

2023-02-10

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, sex scenes, sexual references, discrimination.

Formats

Colour

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