The Boys' Village was once a holiday home for coalminers' sons, boasting a pool, sports yards and even a chapel. Fifteen years since its closure, little remains of its former glory as vandalism by local youths has reduced the village to almost rubble. With shattered glass and debris lining the rooms and hallways, it can be a parent’s worst nightmare or heaven on earth for a certain kind of child. It more or less is for Kevin. He has been eleven years old for quite some time now. Has it been years or decades?
Boys Village (2011)
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This really is an excellent short film. So much is communicated by economic means.
Much is made of the location, the ruins of St. Athan Boys Village which is in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. One doorway of the ruin is made to look sinister and threatening. It is here that much will happen.
The film explores a lot, but most notably the dynamic between the world we inhabit as a child and as a teenager. The two worlds are different sides of the same coin.
There is a visual dialogue between these two worlds. The world of the child is trying to reach out to the world of the teenager.
Till Kleinert was born on August 27, 1980 in Berlin, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Der Samurai (2014), Cowboy (2008) and Xerox-UV (2003)
