Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternative 'crustie' liftestyle of no fixed abode and travelling to settle down.
Acting
Weisz's pre-stardom rawness — all jitters and defiance.
Direction
Prechezer crams a whole life choice into TV-movie brevity.
Director
Carl Prechezer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in Cornwall during Weisz's 'before The Mummy' wilderness years — she reportedly lived in a tent for research.
The 'crustie' subculture peaked in early-'90s Britain as a reaction to Thatcherism; this film captures its last gasp before Blair's Cool Britannia commodified everything.
GB
