Distant Voices, Still Lives

Voces distantes

1988 85 min. United Kingdom Terence Davies

Terence Davies

Director
Terence Davies

Screenplay
Terence Davies

Cinematography
Patrick Duval, William Diver

Editing
William Diver

Sound
Ian Turner

Producer
Jennifer Howarth

Production
British Film Institute [BR], Film4 Productions [GB]

Cast
Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Lorraine Ashbourne, Andrew Schofield

Synopsis
The author's autobiographical account of his family life in a working-class neighbourhood in Liverpool. Following his father's death, the rest of the family recalls various moments of his life- joyful and traumatic memories dominated by the music that serves as the narrative's guiding thread

Format
DCP, Color

World Sales-Distribution
British Film Institute

Filmography
Terence Davies
UNITED KINGDOM (1945)

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2015 SUNSET SONG
2011 THE DEEP BLUE SEA
2008 OF TIME AND THE CITY
2000 THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
1995 THE NEON BIBLE
1992 THE LONG DAY CLOSES
1988 DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES
1983 DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
1980 MADONNA AND CHILD
1976 CHILDREN

Festivals
Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, Valladolid

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