Wish You Were Here
“Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.”
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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Emily Lloyd
Lynda Mansell
Known for
A River Runs Through It
In Country
Tom Bell
Eric
Known for
Holocaust
Prime Suspect
Jesse Birdsall
Dave
Known for
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Revolution
Clare Clifford
Mrs. Parfitt
Known for
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Sheila Kelley
Joan Figgis
Also in
Nuts in May
Secrets & Lies
Trudi Cavanagh
Tap Dancing Lady
No other roles listed
Barbara Durkin
Valerie
Known for
I'm Alan Partridge
Brass Eye
Geoffrey Hutchings
Hubert Mansell
Known for
The Colour of Magic
Benidorm
Charlotte Barker
Gillian
Also in
Fresh Fields
Open All Hours
Chloe Leland
Margaret
Pat Heywood
Aunt Millie
Known for
Romeo and Juliet
10 Rillington Place
Charlotte Ball
Lynda Mansell (aged 11)
David Leland Director · Stanley Myers Composer Ian Wilson Cinematographer
United States release July 24, 1987 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Zenith Entertainment, Film Four International
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Working Title
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Zenith Entertainment
Production
Film Four International
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Channel Four Films
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Working Title Films
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 24, 1987
Theatrical
United States · July 24, 1987
Theatrical
Denmark
February 29, 1988 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 8, 1988 · Theatrical
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