The Marchioness Disaster (2007 TV Movie)
7/10
Tight, fast-paced docudrama
16 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
I can see how this docudrama would be upsetting for any relatives or friends of the victims. The docudrama told the tale at a fairly even pace and let small incidents during the event highlight the absurdity of over 50 people dying in the middle of a modern European city on a calm summer's evening. The small incidents included the dis-belief of locals that there had been a tragedy, the seeming ineptitude of the emergency services to recognise there was an unfolding disaster and the apparent callousness of the press seizing on a 'good' front page story. As David Yallop was the writer I assume most of the detail used was taken from the eventual enquiry and the details are more poignant because of their truth.
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