Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric ward. Here he is visited by his daughters Val and Molly, and Molly's husband Harold, and looked after by the ward's two male nurses, Vic and Donald, who are in competition for a promotion. Donald needs the money as he and his girlfriend are trying to buy a house but are having difficulty arranging a mortgage. From the window at which he sits, Mr Wyman can see a wall. He repeatedly pesters Donald with questions about what is on the other side. Donald constructs a fantasy of the future he dreams of with his girlfriend: a house and garden inhabited by a married couple.
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Cast
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John Barrett
Mr. Wyman
Known for
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Robin and Marian
David Threlfall
Donald
Known for
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Shameless
Maureen Lipman
Val
Known for
The Pianist
Coronation Street
Bernard Gallagher
Harold
Known for
Casualty
The Trip
David Foxxe
Vic
Known for
Mr. Holmes
Sweeney Todd
Jeanne Doree
Alice
Also in
Death and Transfiguration
Objects of Affection
Pat Heywood
Molly
Known for
Romeo and Juliet
10 Rillington Place
Anna Quayle
Pam
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A Hard Day's Night
Isabelle Lucas
Matron
Also in
The Fosters
Outland
Leslie Pitt
Mr Metcalf
Also in
Objects of Affection
Charles Simon
Ernest
Known for
Topsy-Turvy
Molly Veness
Hannah
Also in
Supernatural
Objects of Affection
Piers Haggard Director · Alan Bennett Writer
First release December 3, 1982
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 3, 1982
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No release date listed for United States.
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