Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Terence Davies

Writer:

Terence Davies (writer)

Release Date:

17 February 1989 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Awards:

9 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Lorraine Ashbourne	...	Maisie
Jean Boht	...	Aunty Nell
Carl Chase	...	Uncle Ted
Chris Darwin	...	Red
Sally Davies	...	Eileen as a child
Frances Dell	...	Margie
Freda Dowie	...	Mother
Anne Dyson	...	Granny
Susan Flanagan	...	Maisie as a child
Marie Jelliman
Debi Jones	...	Micky
Matthew Long	...	Mr. Spaull
Vincent Maguire	...	George
Antonia Mallen	...	Rose
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Father
Andrew Schofield	...	Les
Michael Starke	...	Dave
Angela Walsh	...	Eileen
Nathan Walsh	...	Tony as a child
Dean Williams	...	Tony

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company:

British Film Institute (BFI)

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

There's a Man Goin' Round

The most powerfully innovative film of the past quarter-century.

Among powerful films of the past quarter-century, none surpass this one for elegant and innovative design. Unfortunately, it will remain, it appears, a singular achievement, even among the works of Davies, for nothing he has since done approaches its power. The inability to comprehend how and why a film works, although now an all-too-common failing among filmmakers, is in Davies's case uniquely sad, for the promise of this film was unprecedented.