Aug 7th
A Taste of Honey***
(GB 1961)
An illegitimate teenage girl struggles to cope with her tarty mother, then becomes pregnant from a love affair with a black sailor, and later finds support from a lonely homosexual student.
A taste of the emerging 60s permissiveness in all its glory, beautifully set in grimy Manchester, despite only occasionally hitting some false notes in its plot. One of the New Wave of English working class dramas influenced by the earlier French New Wave (such as The 400 Blows), but more entertaining than that, thanks to generally strong and believable performances, or perhaps the English emotions just translate better.
Written by: Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney, based on her play.
Producer/Director: Tony Richardson.
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Murray Melvin, Robert Stephens, Paul Danquah, Margo Cunningham.
Photography: Walter Lassally.
Music: John Addison.
A Taste of Honey***
(GB 1961)
An illegitimate teenage girl struggles to cope with her tarty mother, then becomes pregnant from a love affair with a black sailor, and later finds support from a lonely homosexual student.
A taste of the emerging 60s permissiveness in all its glory, beautifully set in grimy Manchester, despite only occasionally hitting some false notes in its plot. One of the New Wave of English working class dramas influenced by the earlier French New Wave (such as The 400 Blows), but more entertaining than that, thanks to generally strong and believable performances, or perhaps the English emotions just translate better.
Written by: Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney, based on her play.
Producer/Director: Tony Richardson.
Starring: Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Murray Melvin, Robert Stephens, Paul Danquah, Margo Cunningham.
Photography: Walter Lassally.
Music: John Addison.
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