Wish You Were Here

Jul 24, 1987

1h 32m

★ 6.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Working Title Films

Zenith Entertainment

Film4 Productions

Wish You Were Here Trailers

Cast

Lynda Mansell

Emily Lloyd

Eric

Tom Bell

Dave

Jesse Birdsall

Mrs. Parfitt

Clare Clifford

Joan Figgis

Sheila Kelley

Tap Dancing Lady

Trudi Cavanagh

Valerie

Barbara Durkin

Hubert Mansell

Geoffrey Hutchings

Gillian

Charlotte Barker

Margaret

Chloe Leland

Aunt Millie

Pat Heywood

Lynda Mansell (aged 11)

Charlotte Ball

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