Kelly + Victor

Kelly + Victor

A love story adapted from Niall Griffiths acclaimed novel

2012 · 95 min · ★ 5.4 · Romance, Drama

When Kelly meets Victor on the dance floor of a Liverpool nightclub, the attraction is instant. After wandering through the night they find themselves at her flat, making love with a passion and urgency that neither had experienced before. Both Kelly and Victor are struggling to get by as best they can, while the people around them are choosing illegal lifestyles; she is escaping a brutish former lover, while he is being dragged into a world of drugs. It's when they make love that their darker instincts take over.

Directed by Kieran Evans · Written by Kieran Evans

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