Wish You Were Here(Movie, 1987)

Name: Wish You Were Here
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 1987
Duration: T01:32:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 32min | Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 30 votes)

Wish You Were Here is a 1987 British comedy-drama film written and directed by David Leland and starring Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Geoffrey Hutchings, and Jesse Birdsall. The film follows a girl's coming-of-age in a small coastal town in postwar England. It is loosely based on the formative years of British madam Cynthia Payne. The original music score was composed by Stanley Myers. The film received acclaim from critics, winning the International Federation of Film Critics prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, a BAFTA award for Best Screenplay for director Leland, and the Best Actress Award for Lloyd from the National Society of Film Critics. ()

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About Wish You Were Here

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. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: England

Made by: Working Title Films, Channel Four Films, Zenith Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT)

Status: Released

Release date US: 07/24/1987

Cast: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Heathcote Williams, Geoffrey Hutchings

Director: David Leland

Producer: Sarah Radclyffe

Screenwriter: David Leland

Film Editor: George Akers

Director of Photography: Ian Wilson

Composer: Stanley Myers

Costume designer: Shuna Harwood

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Хочу, чтобы ты был здесь"

Keywords: pregnant minor, rebel, england, 1950s, seaside, teenage girl, based on true story, father daughter conflict, post war

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Wish You Were Here(Movie, 1987)

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