In memory, everything happens to music.
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.
- 6.8
- 1988
- Released
- 1h 24m
Freda Dowie
Mother
Pete Postlethwaite
Father
Angela Walsh
Eileen
Lorraine Ashbourne
Maisie
Dean Williams
TonySally Davies
Eileen as a childSusan Flanagan
Maisie as a childNathan Walsh
Tony as a child
Michael Starke
DaveDebi Jones
MickyVincent Maguire
GeorgeMarie Jelliman
JinglesAntonia Mallen
Rose
Anne Dyson
Granny
Jean Boht
Aunty NellChris Darwin
Red
Andrew Schofield
Les
Pauline Quirke
Doreen
Carl Chase
Uncle TedAlan Bird
PriestMatthew Long
Mr SpaullFrances Dell
MargieTerry Melia
Military PolicemanJohn Thomalla
Military PolicemanJohn Carr
Registrar
John Michie
SoldierJeanette Moseley
BarmaidIna Clough
Licensee
Bill Moores
Pubgoer (uncredited)George Moss
Pubgoer (uncredited)
Released
en
$771,745.00
- #liverpool, england
- #family relationships
- #singer
- #1940s
- #1950s
Reviews
This film is a little like an LP. It has two distinct sides. One "Distant Voices" focuses on just what makes the father of a small family tick. Two - "Still Lives" dwells more on the lives of the children. Unlike on the vinyl though, once we are on that side of the record there are no tracks. The story flits about with a non-consistent chronology to bring us the happy, the sad, the brutal and the