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27/08/1948 Drama 0h 22m
62
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Overview

Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult feelings his childhood family and friends. Grown-ups romp like children, and by their magnified infantilism playfully underscore such basic traits as sadism, sensuality, arid egocentricity. (Melbourne International Film Festival)

  1. James Broughton

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Marion Cunningham

  2. Donald Pidgeon

  3. Hal Goldman

  4. Donald Nelson

  5. Betty Lee Balder

  6. Elaine Mitchell

  7. Marion Farquhar

  8. Jack W. Stauffacher

  9. Bill Brewer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-07
"Mother was the loveliest woman in the world". "Mother wanted everything to be lovely". Using a series of embryonic lighting techniques, a lively piano-based score and a series of not altogether coherent mini-sketches, we are presented with what appear to be memories of a couple, of them falling in love, of her widowhood and then more courting. She looks lovingly from her window, pining for what she had, what she wants? She's even offered a bribe in the form of some stockings! It's impossible to say just what this is about in any traditional sense, and it's a surprisingly pace-free affair for ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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