DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES

Written and directed by Terence Davies

Angela Walsh
Lorraine Ashbourne
Dean Williams
Freda Dowie
Pete Postlethwaite

Premiere date: September 11, 1988 (Toronto Film Festival)
PG-13

In 1940s England, a radically dysfunctional family must endure the casual and overt cruelties of the bull-necked father. The ongoing abuse takes its toll in the form of failed marriages and misguided attempts at seeking security outside the family unit. As was the case with his earlier short subject trilogy (The Children, Madonna and Child, Death and Transfiguration), director Terence Davies based much of the material on his own life, combining rheumy-eyed cynicism with soft-edged nostalgia.

Toronto International Film Festival

International Critics' Prize

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Cannes Film Festival

FIPRESCI Prize