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Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title , which follows middle-aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself and the rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life.
Aug 30, 1989 · Shirley Valentine: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman. Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence.
Shirley Valentine is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad.
Shirley Valentine (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Feeling trapped in a world of domesticity, Shirley (Pauline Collins), a housewife from Liverpool, England, needs a change in her life before she has another conversation with the walls.
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The story involves one Shirley Valentine, British provincial housewife and lonely soul who spends a great deal of time talking to her kitchen walls and other inanimate objects. She is meant to be plucky and brave in her monologues, but since she often includes us in her solitude by talking directly to the camera, I had trouble believing she was ...
Shirley Valentine Bradshaw (Pauline Collins) is a 42-year-old housewife living in suburban Liverpool, England, returns home where she has a wide-ranging conversation with her kitchen wall while preparing chips and egg for her husband Joe's (Bernard Hill) dinner.
Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg. 2,697 IMDb 7.2 1 h 48 min 1989. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Charming · Passionate. Available to rent or buy.
When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light. Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg.
A bored housewife is in desperate need of a change of scenery when her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece. Exploring her new life and new self on the Greek island, she has a...
