Distant voices, still lives

feature film, drama, UK, West Germany, 1988

DIRECTED BY: Terence Davies

Distant voices, still lives

CAST:
Lorraine Ashbourne (Maisie),
Jean Boht (tetka Nell),
Carl Chase (ujak Ted),
Chris Darwin (Red),
Sally Davies (Eileen,
kao dijete),
Frances Dell (Margie),
Freda Dowie (majka),
Anne Dyson (baka)

SCRIPT:
Terence Davies

PHOTOGRAPHY:
William Diver,
Patrick Duval

EDITING:
William Diver

Synopsis:
The story of a worker’s family from post-war Liverpool. The first part, Distant voices, shows the death of the father and the older sister’s wedding, while the second, Still lives, focuses on Tony’s marriage. A violent and alcoholic father is in the center, and the whole family hates him even though they cannot part from him. The only way all of them show their suppressed emotions is by singing.

color, 84'

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