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A Taste of Honey (1961)

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Drama

We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.

Release Date: 1961, October 1
Directors: Tony Richardson
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Woodfall Film Productions, Woodfall Film Productions, Woodfall Film Productions
Cast: Robert Stephens, Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Peter Sallis, Michael Bilton, Eunice Black, Dora Bryan, Rosalie Williams, Margo Cunningham, David Boliver, Veronica Howard, Moira Kaye

Overview:

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

Keywords:

friendship coming of age family relationships independent film interracial relationship based on play or musical working class parent child relationship depressing single parent single mother teenage pregnancy kitchen sink realism british new wave free cinema