Wish You Were Here (1987)
Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
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Emily LloydLynda Mansell
Tom BellEric
Jesse BirdsallDave
Clare CliffordMrs. Parfitt
Sheila KelleyJoan FiggisTrudi CavanaghTap Dancing LadyBarbara DurkinValerie
Geoffrey HutchingsHubert MansellCharlotte BarkerGillianChloe LelandMargaret
Pat HeywoodAunt MillieCharlotte BallLynda Mansell (aged 11)Keywords
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What is Wish You Were Here about?
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
How long is Wish You Were Here?
Wish You Were Here has a runtime of 92 minutes.
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