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Wish You Were Here

Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.

1987 · R · 1h 32m

Directed by David Leland

6.4

TMDB audience score
78 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.

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Cast

  • Emily Lloyd
    Lynda Mansell

  • Tom Bell
    Eric

  • Jesse Birdsall
    Dave

  • Clare Clifford
    Mrs. Parfitt

  • Sheila Kelley
    Joan Figgis

  • Trudi Cavanagh
    Tap Dancing Lady

  • Barbara Durkin
    Valerie

  • Geoffrey Hutchings
    Hubert Mansell

  • Charlotte Barker
    Gillian

  • Chloe Leland
    Margaret

  • Pat Heywood
    Aunt Millie

  • Charlotte Ball
    Lynda Mansell (aged 11)

  • Abigail Leland
    Margaret (aged 7)

  • Susan Skipper
    Lynda’s Mother

  • Geoffrey Durham
    Harry Figgis

  • Neville Smith
    Cinema Manager

  • Lee Whitlock
    Brian

  • Frederick Hall
    Passenger with Brolly