Distant Voices, Still Lives

UK 1988, 85 minutes
Dir. Terence Davies
Genres: Drama

Topics: Period 1940s, Arthouse, Rites-of-passage.

Feat. Lorraine Ashbourne, Jean Boht, Pete Postlethwaite

Aroview: Dream-like autobiographical vignettes of the director's good and bad memories of growing up in wartime Liverpool. Little narrative structure, but oodles of atmosphere and great songs.

NZ International Film Festival 1989
Adopt-a-Movie Kindly adopted by Stephen Tubbs

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5 stars (Exceptional) Lyrical portrait of working-class family life in 1940s Liverpool, made from Davies' memories and stuffed with period detail. Perfectly detailed in every respect, this is a truly great British movie. Brilliant and very moving. Critics Prize Cannes etc ~Sandy
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1 star (Turkey) Tedious, bigoted and predictable. ~JK
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4 stars (Very Good) Nostalgia with a personal edge. "Men - if they're not using a big stick they're farting." Fascinating musical soundtrack. ~Shorty