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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.
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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
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
Distant Voices, Still Lives presents an evocative account of working-class life in Liverpool, England during the 1940s and 50s.
- 83 min
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.
May 9, 2016 · A boy and two girls grow up under the despotism of a violent father (Pete Postlethwaite) and enter an ever-tightening web of friends and extended family. With an unfailing eye for place, décor ...
Aug 7, 2018 · Newly restored in 4K to mark it's 30th anniversary, Terence Davies' acclaimed Distant Voices, Still Lives returns to UK cinemas from 31 August https://www.bfi.org.uk/whats-on/bfi-f...
- 2 min
- 54.7K
- BFI
