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Wish You Were Here (1987)
Directed by David Leland
“Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.”
Comedy, Drama, Romance · 1h 32m
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
Cast
Emily Lloyd
Lynda Mansell
Tom Bell
Eric
Jesse Birdsall
Dave
Clare Clifford
Mrs. Parfitt
Sheila Kelley
Joan Figgis
T
Trudi Cavanagh
Tap Dancing Lady
B
Barbara Durkin
Valerie
Geoffrey Hutchings
Hubert Mansell
C
Charlotte Barker
Gillian
C
Chloe Leland
Margaret
Pat Heywood
Aunt Millie
C
Charlotte Ball
Lynda Mansell (aged 11)
Crew
- Director
- David Leland
- Writer
- David Leland
- Director of Photography
- Ian Wilson
- Original Music Composer
- Stanley Myers
- Editor
- George Akers
- Producer
- Sarah Radclyffe
Details
- Release date
- 1987-07-24
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Working Title, Zenith Entertainment, Film Four International