Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988  PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Lorraine Ashbourne, Michael Starke, Jean Boht, Sally Davies, Debi Jones, Carl Chase, Nathan Walsh, Andrew Schofield, Chris Darwin, Frances Dell, Matthew Long
This two-part film begins with "Distant Voices" and features a wedding and a funeral. Loosely based on director Terence Davies' family, the story looks at his dysfunctional family in which the son Tony (Dean Williams) and his mother (Freda Dowie) must deal with memories of Tony's violent father (Pete Postlethwaite). It begins with the family posing with the picture of their father at his funeral and remembering him. Memories of the past are next brought up at Tony's sister Eileen's (Angela Walsh) wedding when Eileen grieves for her father, but Tony and his mother share different memories. Later, in part two, "Still Lives," at another wedding, the film probes the two years between and reopens emotional scars. Sequel: "The Long Day Closes."
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