Top billed cast

1. 

   Kyle Brookes

   Eddy

2. 

   Macaulay Cooper

   Tommy

3. 

   Wendy Laurence James

   Gladys Bracegirdle

4. 

   Elizabeth Coombs

   Alice Price

5. 

   Linda Clark

   Red Ethel

6. 

   Dominic McCavish

   James Elbridge / Phyllis

7. 

   Joel McVeagh

   Karlton

8. 

   Julia Haworth

   Sandra Green

9. 

   Michał Szpak

   Milo

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-10-21

If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. Instead, Karlton Parris rather misses his open goal and provides us with a meandering film that largely underwhelms. That said, there are two strong performances here from Kyle Brookes ("Eddy") and Macauley Cooper's "Tommy" as we relive a story told by way of a retrospective of their forbidden love. The pair have been friends since they were nippers and have been having a clandestine relationship, the odd shag in the pigeon shed, for a while before they emba...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• forbidden love
• melancholy
• lgbt
• gay pride
• coal miner
• 1950s
• gay theme
• transgender