Twin Town

Twin Town, directed by Kevin Allen, is a black comedy set in Swansea, Wales, made on a budget of £1.7 million and released on April 11, 1997. The film marked Rhys Ifans's first major film role, with his real brother Llŷr Ifans also in the cast. On release, it was marketed and compared by critics as "the Welsh Trainspotting," though this framing came more from marketing and critics than any actual production partnership; it holds a 46 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film screened at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in 1997, and composer Mark Thomas won a BAFTA Cymru (Wales BAFTA) for the score in 1998. Who it's for: anyone curious about a Welsh black comedy that gave an actor his first major role alongside his real brother, constantly compared to another cult film of its era. Who it's not for: viewers expecting exactly the tone of the film it's compared to, since that comparison was largely a marketing framing.