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Wish You Were Here

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Original title

Wish You Were Here

Year

1987

Running time

92 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

David Leland

Screenwriter

David Leland

Cast

Music

Stanley Myers

Cinematography

Ian Wilson

Producer

Film4 Productions, Working Title Films, Zenith Productions

Genre

Drama. Comedy | Teen/coming-of-age

Synopsis

Lynda is a sexy teenage girl growing up after the the Second World War in a bleak and dismal English seaside town. She spends most of the film getting sacked from one job after another and losing her innocence with considerable thoroughness and determination. Working briefly for the local bus company, she eagerly loses her virginity to a rather clumsy young bus conductor who is not slow afterwards to take his custom elsewhere. Somewhat heartbroken, she tries to cheer herself up by throwing herself at Eric, a much older man who has been making advances, with predictably sad results.

Awards: 1987: Cannes Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award

1987: BAFTA Awards: Best Original Screenplay. 3 Nominations

1987: Festival of Valladolid - Seminci: Best New Director.

1987: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Actress.

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Wish You Were Here

1987

David Leland

6.0

(163)