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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.
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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. [6] 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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- David Leland
- 1987-07-24
Wish You Were Here is a 2012 Australian mystery drama film directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith and starring Felicity Price, Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, and Antony Starr. Set in Cambodia and Australia, it details the aftermath of a Southeast Asian holiday gone awry for two couples.
AwardCategorySubjectResultAACTA Award ( 2nd)NominatedAACTA Award ( 2nd)NominatedAACTA Award ( 2nd)WonAACTA Award ( 2nd)Won"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.
Wish You Were Here is a 1987 British comedy-drama film starring Emily Lloyd and Tom Bell. It was written and directed by David Leland. The original music score was composed by Stanley Myers. The story is loosely based on the formative years of Cynthia Payne.
Synopsis A man (Joel Edgerton), his wife and his sister-in-law must deal with the fallout after their vacation in Cambodia takes a tragic turn. Director Kieran Darcy-Smith
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- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
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