# Control (2007)

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**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Anton Corbijn
**Written by**: Matt Greenhalgh
**Starring**: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, Craig Parkinson

> *He had the spirit, but lost the feeling.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Joy Division’s rise meets a Hitchcockian fall. A shy small-town kid becomes a brooding post-punk icon while his marriage collapses. Sam Riley’s magnetic fragility makes the tragedy feel inevitable and intimate.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, tender

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