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Distant Voices, Still Lives

In memory, everything happens to music.

1988 · PG-13 · 1h 24m

Directed by Terence Davies

6.9

TMDB audience score
139 votes, out of 10

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Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.

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Cast

  • Freda Dowie
    Mother

  • Pete Postlethwaite
    Father

  • Angela Walsh
    Eileen

  • Lorraine Ashbourne
    Maisie

  • Dean Williams
    Tony

  • Sally Davies
    Eileen as a child

  • Susan Flanagan
    Maisie as a child

  • Nathan Walsh
    Tony as a child

  • Michael Starke
    Dave

  • Debi Jones
    Micky

  • Vincent Maguire
    George

  • Marie Jelliman
    Jingles

  • Antonia Mallen
    Rose

  • Anne Dyson
    Granny

  • Jean Boht
    Aunty Nell

  • Chris Darwin
    Red

  • Andrew Schofield
    Les

  • Pauline Quirke
    Doreen