BRASSED OFF (1996)
The Colliery band plays on as the threat of pit closure looms over them. The film is set in the miners strike in the 1980's and reflects the dispair and hopelesness of the situation and the effect on the families of some involved.
Band conductor Danny tries to keep his band playing in a film that is both serious and comic. The scenes in which Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) plays Concierto de Aranjuez for the first time with the band against a backdrop of pit management arguments is powerful and heartbreaking.
Excellent !