Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
- Starring:
- Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite , ( more )
- Director(s):
- Terence Davies
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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Set in 1940s England, Distant Voices/Still Lives is a compassionate look at a radically dysfunctional family. The son and his mother must endure the casual and overt cruelties of the bull-necked father. The ongoing abuse takes its toll in the form of failed marriages and misguided attempts at seeking security outside the family unit. As was the case with his earlier short subject trilogy (The Children, Madonna and Child, Death and Transfiguration), director Terence Davies based much of the material on his own life, combining rheumy-eyed cynicism with soft-edged nostalgia (the musical track, drawn from popular wartime songs, is particularly evocative). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Freda Dowie - Mother
- Angela Walsh - Eileen
- Lorraine Ashbourne - Maisie
- Marie Jelliman - Jingles
- Nathan Walsh - Tony as a child
- Michael Starke - Dave
- Antonia Mallen - Rose
- Andrew Schofield - Les
- Chris Benson - Rose's Family
- John Carr - Registrar
- Pauline Quirke - Doreen
- John Michie - Soldier
- Terry Melia - Military Policeman
- Frances Dell - Margie
- Ina Clough - Licensee
- Roy Ford - Wedding Priest
- Pete Postlethwaite - Father
- Dean Williams - Tony
- Debi Jones - Micki
- Sally Davies - Eileen as a child
- Susan Flanagan - Maisie as a child
- Vincent MaGuire - George
- Chris Darwin - Red
- Anne Dyson - Granny
- Matthew Long - Mr. Spaull
- John Thomalla - Military Policeman
- Jeanette Moseley - Barmaid
- Lorraine Michaels - Rose's Family
- Jean Boht - Aunty Nell
- Alan Bird - Baptismal Priest
- Judith Barker - Rose's Family
- Carl Chase - Uncle Ted
- Director(s):
- Terence Davies
- Writer(s):
- Terence Davies
- Producer(s):
- Jennifer Howarth, Colin MacCabe
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
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- 1988 - Distant Voices, Still Lives - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Foreign Film
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