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Wish You Were Here is a 1987 British comedy-drama film written and directed by David Leland and starring Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Geoffrey Hutchings, and Jesse Birdsall. The film follows a girl's coming-of-age in a small coastal town in postwar England.
Jul 24, 1987 · Wish You Were Here: Directed by David Leland. With Trudi Cavanagh, Emily Lloyd, Clare Clifford, Barbara Durkin. In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
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- Comedy, Drama
- David Leland
- 1987-07-24
"Wish You Were Here" is a comedy with an angry undertone, a story of a free-spirited girl who holds a grudge against a time when such girls were a threat to society, to the interlocking forces of sexism and convention that conspired to break their spirits.
Synopsis. In 1951 England, Lynda Mansell is a sixteen-year-old girl living in a small seaside town with her younger sister and widowed father. Lynda's outspoken and feisty nature (her favorite insults are "Up your bum!" and "Cock off!") make her a constant source of worry and dismay for her father Hubert.
Wish You Were Here. R 1987 1h 31m Drama Comedy. List. Fresh score. 85% Tomatometer 33 Reviews. Fresh audience score. 77% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings. Unabashedly hedonistic and...
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- David Leland
- R
- Emily Lloyd
Wish You Were Here (1987) Original Trailer [FHD] - YouTube. HD Retro Trailers. 108K subscribers. Directed by David Leland. With Emily Lloyd, Trudi Cavanagh and Clare Clifford.Wish...
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In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant ...
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