Dreams of a Life

2011 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 3,496 VOTES · DIR. Carol Morley

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,430 lines

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00:01:44 When the story of Joyce was brought back to the office
00:05:31 I was just amazed that we'd not heard this from anybody
00:09:06 Four sisters!
00:12:59 I Don't think my smile
00:16:46 'But not sort of posh. It was just nice.'
00:20:20 'whether she had a £400 dress on or not
00:23:44 "'There's all your mates here and it's Joyce's 21st."
00:28:01 'she didn't want to own up to or have any connection with.'
00:31:34 they did think that she was stuck-up and that she didn't want to be black.
00:34:43 Hi, I'm Joyce and that's nice.
00:37:56 I remember being absolutely amazed because it sounded fantastic.
00:41:08 'She'd been out the night before.
00:44:36 'But I got the impression it was from his end rather than hers. '
00:47:54 Joyce needed somebody to care for her.
00:52:07 I I'll keep my sadness hid
00:56:34 I Trouble of the world
01:01:09 'The familiar black bin liners with all her stuff in.'
01:04:34 Maybe she got... Later on maybe she was not so trusting.
01:08:18 (John) 'I didn't know much about them other than she had to escape from them.
01:12:40 I said, "Yeah. Sure. "
01:16:08 (Martin) 'l think of her constantly. Constantly.'
01:20:05 He didn't mean that in a racist way.
01:23:59 "Joyce? You're kidding!"
02:00:00 when she died, yeah?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,430
Dialogue density15.1 lines / min
First line00:01:44
Final line02:00:00

Production Record

DirectorCarol Morley
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$6,595
IMDb votes3,496