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    Distant Voices, Still Lives

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    Poster of the movie Distant Voices, Still Lives
    1988     Drama    
    United Kingdom
    1h 25min
    PG-13
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.

    Distant Voices, Still Lives is a strikingly intimate portrait of working class life in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool. Focusing on the real-life experiences of his mother, sisters and brother whose lives are thwarted by their brutal, sadistic father (Pete Postlethwaite), the film shows us beauty and terror in equal measure. Davies uses the traditional family gatherings of births, marriages and deaths to paint a lyrical portrait of family life -- of love, grief, and the highs and lows of being human, a 'poetry of the everyday' that is at once deeply autobiographical and universally resonant.

    Directed byTerence Davies
    Written byTerence Davies
    CompanyAvenueAvenueAvenue

    Starring

    Freda Dowie
    Pete Postlethwaite
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