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Kes
Why this pick
Loach’s intimate social realism again finds tenderness and hard-won dignity in a working-class life, using an unvarnished texture and a young protagonist’s fragile escape from constriction.
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MOVIE1967 1h 41m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Poor Cow
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Queenie Watts
Aunt Emm
Kate Williams
Beryl
Paddy Joyce
Photo Studio Guvnor
Wally Patch
Pub Customer
Ron Pember
Petal
Anna Karen
Neighbour
George Tovey
Photographer
Tony Selby
Customer in Pub