Movie
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Overview
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-11-16
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BFI, Film Four International
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Freda Dowie as Mother
- Pete Postlethwaite as Father
- Angela Walsh as Eileen
- Lorraine Ashbourne as Maisie
- Dean Williams as Tony
- Sally Davies as Eileen as a child
- Susan Flanagan as Maisie as a child
- Nathan Walsh as Tony as a child
- Michael Starke as Dave
- Debi Jones as Micky
- Vincent Maguire as George
- Marie Jelliman as Jingles
Crew
- Terence Davies - Director
- Terence Davies - Writer
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