Wish You Were Here
Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.
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7/24/1987Runtime
92 minsOverview
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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A portrait of teenage rebellion in post-war England, where a spirited working-class girl challenges the suffocating social conventions of her small seaside town. It's a film that finds both humor and genuine heartache in the clash between youthful defiance and the weight of family expectation.
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