Family Life (1971 British film)
| Family Life | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Screenplay by | David Mercer |
| Produced by | Tony Garnett |
| Starring | Sandy Ratcliff Malcolm Tierney Grace Cave |
| Cinematography | Charles Stewart |
| Edited by | Roy Watts |
| Music by | Marc Wilkinson |
Production companies | Anglo-EMI Kestrel Films |
| Distributed by | MGM-EMI (UK theatrical) Cinema 5 Distributing (US theatrical) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £180,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,827,374SEK ($291,648USD) |
Family Life (US: Wednesday's Child)[2] is a 1971 British drama film directed by Ken Loach from a screenplay by David Mercer. It is a remake of In Two Minds, an episode of the BBC's Wednesday Play series first transmitted by the BBC in March 1967, which was also written by Mercer and directed by Loach,[3]
Plot
A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life, and consider their daughter to be "misbehaving" whenever she's trying to find her own way in life. When she becomes pregnant, they force her into abortion, and hypocritically blame her for "upsetting them" when she is unable to cope with the emotional and mental effect this has on her. Janice is subjected to shockingly self-righteous and ignorant doctors.
Cast
- Sandy Ratcliff ... Janice Baildon
- Bill Dean ... Mr. Baildon
- Grace Cave ... Mrs. Baildon
- Malcolm Tierney ... Tim
- Hilary Martin ... Barbara Baildon
- Michael Riddall ... Dr. Donaldson
Production
Half the budget was provided by the National Film Finance Corporation the other half by Nat Cohen and Anglo-EMI.[4][5] The film was first screened at the New York Film Festival on 2 October 1971.
Awards
Won
- 1972 Berlin International Film Festival:
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1974:
- Critics Award – Best Foreign Film: Ken Loach (UK)
- Sydney Film Festival 2003:
- Audience Award – Best Feature-Length Fiction Film: Ken Loach
Nominated
- BAFTA Awards 1973:
- UN Award – Best Film
References
- ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p.381
- ^ Jerry Roberts [ Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors], Lanham, Maryland & Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2009, p.344
- ^ Philip Kemp "Family Life (1971)", BFI Screenonline
- ^ "Interview with Tony Garnett and Ken Loach: Family Life in the making" by Anthony Barnett, John McGrath,John Mathews, and Peter Wollen from Jump Cut, no. 10-11, 1976, pp. 43-45 accessed 19 April 2014
- ^ Sue Harper and Justin T. Smith British Film Culture: The Boundaries of Pleasure, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p.305
External links
- Family Life at IMDb
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