London, late seventies: Robert works as a disk jockey on a radio, one day he learns from his mother that his brother was found dead in his apartment in Bristol. He then decides to go to that city to investigate the causes of death. He meets a Scottish deserter, a music mechanic, a woman looking for her missing daughter. An intimate road movie in black and white, a journey through England in the late seventies, gray, desolate, desperate. The soundtrack includes Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Lene Lovich, Wreckless Eric. Digitally restored forty-five years after its first release, Radio On is Chris Petit’s first feature film produced by Wim Wenders.
Presentation with director + Q&A.
Preview of the new 4K digital restoration from the original Ilford Black & White 35mm and 35mm Fine Grain negatives preserved at the BFI Archive. The film is a preview of Lab 80 film distribution and will be in cinemas starting from March 18.
In collaboration with Lab 80 film.
