UK | 1979 | 120 minutes

DIRECTED BY

STARRING

7th April 2025 MONDAY 19:30

AUDITORIUM

Quadrophenia, above all else, does a fantastic job of evoking a time (1964), a place (England) and a cultural phenomenon (Mods & Rockers). The plot revolves around a young man struggling to find his way in the world on the one hand, and on the other, a clash between the two warring clans, on weekend in Brighton. Phil Daniels plays Jimmy, a young Mod who lives for three things: parties, pills and his scooter (at least that's what his outward personality would have you believe). These are the three things he can rely on to take him away from the mundane drudgery of everyday life and the killjoys that are his job, his parents and the system.

Nowadays, the film is perhaps best remembered for tis soundtrack from The Who (all of whom were also executive producers). But it's much more than that: it's a pop-culture time-capsule and an incisive, divisive icon of British film history.