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Mar 31, 1989 · Distant Voices, Still Lives: Directed by Terence Davies. With Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams. The lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner.
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- Drama, Music
- Terence Davies
- 1989-03-31
Distant Voices, Still Lives is a 1988 British period drama film written and directed by Terence Davies. It evokes working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and early 1950s, paying particular attention to the role of popular music, Hollywood cinema, light entertainment and the public house within this tight-knit community.
Distant Voices, Still Lives presents an evocative account of working-class life in Liverpool, England during the 1940s and 50s. 125 IMDb 7.4 1 h 23 min 1988. X-Ray PG-13. Drama · International.
- 83 min
Bracingly original and beautifully composed, Distant Voices, Still Lives is an invigorating period drama that finds director Terence Davies in peak form. Read Critics Reviews
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- Terence Davies
- PG-13
- Freda Dowie
Loosely based on the director's own family and upbringing, Distant Voices, Still Lives presents an evocative account of working-class life in Liverpool, England...
Davies intermingles and contrasts scenes like the family peacefully lighting candles in church with the brutal man beating his wife and terrorizing his young children. In 'Still Lives', set (and filmed) two years later, the siblings are settled in life, but not all happily.
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