The Tribe (1998 film)

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The Tribe
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Directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Written by Stephen Poliakoff
Starring Joely Richardson
Jeremy Northam
Anna Friel
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Distributed by BBC
Deep City Films
Release date
  • 21 June 1998 (1998-06-21)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Tribe is a 1998 television film drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and starring Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Trevor Eve, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and Anna Friel.

Property developer Northam is tasked with evicting a post-modern hippie proto-cult led by Richardson from a building. But they slowly win him over to their dark lifestyle, bizarre rituals, eating habits and dangerous liaisons.

The film was made in 1996, but not transmitted until 1998. Music is by Poliakoff regular Adrian Johnston and it carries some of the Polikov trademarks such as photograph studies.

Controversial [1] for its nudity and a much discussed ménage à trois sex scene between characters played by Anna Friel (her first work after leaving Brookside ), Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jeremy Northam.

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