The Long Day Closes (1992)
Directed by Terence Davies
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Family Drama |
Release Date - May 28, 1993 (USA - Limited), May 28, 1993 (USA), Mar 30, 2012 (USA - Rerelease) |
Run Time - 85 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner
Terence Davies' blissful, evocative and non-narrative follow-up to his Distant Voices, Still Lives follows a few months in the life of 12-year-old Bud (Leigh McCormack), in impressionistic snatches of his everyday existence growing up in the Liverpool of 1956. Bud's world is influenced by his mother (Marjorie Yates), his older sister Helen (Ayse Owens), and his older brothers John (Nicholas Lamont) and Kevin (Anthony Watson). Bud is a lonely and quiet child whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.
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survivor, against-all-odds, childhood, family, fantasy, film, poverty, reality, slice-of-life, stage
