ON THE ROAD

Synopsis

March 2015. North London rock four-piece Wolf Alice take to the streets of the UK to promote their debut album, My Love Is Cool, for the last time. Driving from city to city, playing 16 cities in three weeks, the band are joined by Estelle, an intern with the band’s record company. Estelle strikes up a intimate friendship with Joe, a member of the band’s road crew, and through their eyes, we see both the magic and monotony of life on the road, giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of a passionate young rock band in their searing prime.

Director Biography

Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Michael Winterbottom read English at Oxford before studying film at Bristol and London. His work for television includes The Magic Lantern - a documentary based on Ingmar Bergman’s autobiography, which won the Best Documentary Prize at Valladolid Film Festival; Forget About Me; Under the Sun; Cracker; Family, a four-part BBC serial; and Go Now, which won the Prix Europa and was BAFTA nominated. His first feature was Butterfly Kiss, starring Amanda Plummer and Saskia Reeves, which was selected for Competition at Berlin Film Festival in 1995.