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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   405 votes
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Director:
Beeban Kidron
Writers:
Jeanette Winterson (novel)
Jeanette Winterson (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 January 1990 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Jessica's extraordinarily strong will and heart enables her to rebel against her fanatical, cult-like upbringing... more | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
A must-see film! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Charlotte Coleman ... Jess
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Aspinall ... Ian
Emily Aston ... Small Jess
Sharon Bower ... Mrs. Vole
Cathryn Bradshaw ... Melanie
Kenneth Cranham ... Pastor Finch
Freda Dowie ... Mrs. Green
James Duggan ... Second fisherman
Pam Ferris ... Mrs. Arkwright
Peter Gordon ... William
Richard Henders ... Graham
Barbara Hicks ... Cissy
Celia Imrie ... Miss Jewsbury
Ken Kitson ... First fisherman
Maggie Lane ... First ice cream woman
Geraldine McEwan ... Mother
Chris McNulty ... Child in Classroom
Katy Murphy ... Mrs Virtue

Tania Rodrigues ... Katy
Norma Shebbeare ... Dust Pan
Elizabeth Spriggs ... May
Tamar Swade ... Church pianist

David Thewlis ... Doctor
Sophie Thursfield ... Jess's real mother
Mandy Walsh ... Second ice cream woman
Margery Withers ... Elsie
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:55 min (3 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
A must-see film!, 7 January 2000
10/10
Author: Erinn from Kent, England

This film hit me hard. I watched it by coincidence, but couldn't keep myself away. It's disturbing, true, but it tackles a topic lots of people need to think about. It's a very difficult topic to discuss in a film like this, and I think it has been done very well. Everyone should see this film!

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