cinehunch
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like A Private Function, this warmly eccentric British comedy turns a local rule-bound crisis into a communal battle, with affectionate satire, a scrappy scheme and a distinctively postwar village atmosphere.
02
Why this pick
Its dry, character-led humour and small-scale conflict over an unreliable cargo boat share A Private Function’s pleasure in bureaucratic frustration, regional texture and people pursuing absurdly serious schemes.
03
Why this pick
This deadpan satire similarly treats national institutions and official pomp as ripe for farce. Its mock-serious tone, eccentric civic world and escalating absurdity suit the humour of A Private Function.
04
Why this pick
Its comic engine is different, but the film offers the same relish for meticulously played British farce: selfish schemes, social embarrassment, escalating complications and performers treating ridiculous situations with conviction.
05
Why this pick
A close tonal cousin in its affectionate portrait of a community conspiring around an unlikely plan. Its gentle satire, local characters and collective ingenuity echo A Private Function’s comic social world.
Finding the atmosphere, tension and little details that made this one stay with you.
Our curator needs a little longer. Please come back shortly.
No confident matches yet. Try our personal film finder.
01 / THE STORY
In a small Northern English town in 1947 the citizens endure continuing Rationing in the United Kingdom#World War II. Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion. However, the pig gets stolen by Gilbert Chilvers (Michael Palin), who was encouraged to do so by his wife Joyce (Maggie Smith). Meanwhile a food inspector is determined to stop activities circumventing the food rationing.
Showing saved details. Some information may be out of date.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Joyce Chilvers
Henry Allardyce
Leonard Sutcliff the Farmer
Frank Lockwood the Solicitor
Morris Wormold the Meat Inspector
Mrs Forbes
Painter
Gilbert Chilvers
