• Director: Mark Herman
  • Release Year: 1996
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English

Brassed Off

Description

The fortunes of the town's brass band are tied up in the fate of the local coal mine that is in danger of closing, but with a national championship competition on the horizon, Danny desperately tries to keep the band together. Gloria's arrival helps, though no one is quite certain why the lovely flugelhorn player has returned to her home village at just this moment; ultimately, the band members, like the miners, must decide whether to move forward together or go their separate ways.

Themes

Coal mining, Globalization, Economic history, Poverty, Music, Communities, Social commentary, Social justice, Capitalism