A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Cast/Avec Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive…

In the near-future of London, Alex and his friends, called "droogs", Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), are partaking of "milk plus", a milk with various drugs mixed in, at the Korova Milk Bar prior to an evening of "the old ultra-violence". They proceed to beat up an elderly vagrant under a motorway and interrupt an attempted gang rape of a woman in an abandoned casino by a rival gang of camouflage wearing Walts led by Billyboy (Richard Connaught). They subsequently get in a brawl with their rivals. Upon hearing the sounds of police sirens, Alex and his gang flee, stealing a car and driving into the countryside. They then gain entry to the home of Mr. Alexander, a writer, under false pretenses and assault him while violently raping his wife (Adrienne Corri), all while Alex sings Singin' in the Rain. When they return to the milk bar, Alex strikes Dim when he interrupts a female patron who is singing the Ode to Joy from the final movement of the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven, a composer Alex admires.

La violence règne partout dans une Angleterre d'un futur proche. Alex et sa bande s'attaquent à qui bon leur semble, multipliant meurtres, viols et passages à tabac. Arrêté, Alex est condamné à 14 ans de prison. Il accepte de suivre une nouvelle thérapie expérimentale instituée par le gouvernement pour lutter contre la criminalité…