Stella Does Tricks

Stella Does Tricks
Directed by	Coky Giedroyc
Produced by	Adam Barker
Written by	A. L. Kennedy
Starring	Kelly Macdonald; James Bolam; Hans Matheson; Ewan Stewart;
Music by	Nick Bicat
Cinematography	Barry Ackroyd
Edited by	Budge Tremlett
Distributed by	Strand Releasing
Release date	1996;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Stella Does Tricks is a 1996 film about a young Glaswegian girl, played by Kelly Macdonald, working as a prostitute in London.

The film was the first feature film directed by Coky Giedroyc, inspired by her previous work making documentaries about homeless people in Glasgow, Manchester, and London, and provided Macdonald with her first film role after Trainspotting.[1] The film has been described as "an uncompromisingly feminist text, in which the Baby Doll turns Avenger",[2] and by Lawrence van Gelder of The New York Times as a "bleak, perceptive portrait of the prostitute as a young girl torn between the need for genuine love and a career of sexual exploitation".[3]

Despite the film centering on the lives of female prostitutes, the only nudity in the film is male nudity.[4]

The screenplay was written by the novelist A. L. Kennedy, and draws in part on one of her earlier stories, Friday Payday.[1][5] Cinematography was by frequent Ken Loach collaborator Barry Ackroyd.[6]

Plot

Stella is one of a number of young prostitutes working for the pimp Mr. Peters in London, having run away from her Glasgow home where she was sexually abused by her father, a stand-up comedian.[2][5] She tries to get away from Peters and becomes involved with Eddie, a heroin addict, before taking her revenge on Peters and her father.

Cast

Kelly Macdonald as Stella
James Bolam as Mr. Peters
Hans Matheson as Eddie
Ewan Stewart as McGuire
Andy Serkis as Fitz

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External links

Stella Does Tricks on IMDb

References

Allon, Yoram; Patterson, Hannah & Hodges, Mike (2001) Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, ISBN 978-1-903364-21-5, p. 111
Campbell, Russell (2005) Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 978-0-299-21254-4, p. 302-304
van Gelder, Lawrence (2001) Stella Does Tricks in The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-93696-5, p. 230-231
Leach, Jim (2004) British Film, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-65419-7, p. 142
Petrie, Duncan J. (2004) Contemporary Scottish Fiction: Film, Television and the Novel, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-0-7486-1789-0, p. 73
McFarlane, Brian & Slide, Anthony (2003) The Encyclopedia of British Film, Methuen, ISBN 978-0-413-77301-2, p. 2, 251

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[Allon-1] Allon, Yoram; Patterson, Hannah & Hodges, Mike (2001) Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, ISBN 978-1-903364-21-5, p. 111

[Campbell-2] Campbell, Russell (2005) Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 978-0-299-21254-4, p. 302-304

[Gelder-3] van Gelder, Lawrence (2001) Stella Does Tricks in The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-93696-5, p. 230-231

[Leach-4] Leach, Jim (2004) British Film, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-65419-7, p. 142

[Petrie-5] Petrie, Duncan J. (2004) Contemporary Scottish Fiction: Film, Television and the Novel, Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-0-7486-1789-0, p. 73

[McFarlane-6] McFarlane, Brian & Slide, Anthony (2003) The Encyclopedia of British Film, Methuen, ISBN 978-0-413-77301-2, p. 2, 251