
About
The second film in Terence Davies's autobiographical series (along with "Trilogy" and "The Long Day Closes") is an impressionistic view of a working-class family in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool, based on Davies's own family. Through a series of exquisite tableaux Davies creates a deeply affecting photo album of a troubled family wrestling with the complexity of love.
Cast

Freda Dowie
Mother

Pete Postlethwaite
Father

Angela Walsh
Eileen

Lorraine Ashbourne
Maisie

Dean Williams
Tony

Sally Davies
Eileen as a child

Susan Flanagan
Maisie as a child

Nathan Walsh
Tony as a child

Michael Starke
Dave
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Lists
#224 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Steven Jay Schneider
#82 on Top 100 British films BFI
#259 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?