CAST:
Liz Smith,
Clifford Kershaw,
Polly Hemingway

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Synopsis:
This is a story about Ms. Thornley, who lives with her husband Jim and daughter Ann. By day, she works as a maid for Ms. Smith, an upper class lady. When she returns home, she has to put up with not only her alcoholic husband’s torture and belittling but also her daughter’s. Her daughter in law Veronica, who constantly abuses her, also complicates her hard life. Hoping to find some kind of peace, Ms. Thornley turns to religion but soon learns that not even the minister has any pity for her… This is the TV-film by Mike Leigh, which is a part of the BBC’s series Play for Today.

color, 75 min