A Taste of Honey (1961)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 100 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Stars: Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens and Rita Tushingham
IMDb score:
7,4 (6.880)
Releasedate: 1 October 1961
A Taste of Honey plot
"We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us."
The film is about the personal histories of the 'little people' in the big cities. The camera took to the streets and filmed in the slums, not in the expensive neighborhoods. The harsh reality was no longer hushed up, but was given a place in British cinema. In A Taste of Honey, it is the harsh reality of Jo (Rita Tushingham) and her mother Helen (Dora Bryan). They seem doomed to each other, until Jo finds a room of his own and has an idyllic 'romance' with the gay Geoffrey (Murray Melvin).
Actors and actresses
Geoffrey Ingham
Jimmy
Helen
Peter Smith
Landlord
Schoolteacher
Bert
Landlady
Nurse
Reviews & comments
MauriceMankes
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- 218 messages
- 213 votes
Highly recommended as a look at the 50s. A really captivating film, with rather black/white characters, where the stereotypical homosexual is one of the less clear-cut.
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Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8441 votes
"Angry Young Men" film with brilliant performances by newcomer Rita Tushingham, an unknown Dora Bryan (Brenda Blethyn would not have improved her in her role) and Murray Melvin.
It is raw, social realism delivered with touching simplicity, typical street scenes and cutting dialogues between mother and daughter.
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scorsese
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- 13232 messages
- 11124 votes
Good film about a teenage girl who, together with her mother, does not have much. This social drama is at times still presented quite light-heartedly (that is certainly also due to the rather uninhibited role of Rita Tushingham). The film forms a beautiful picture of the times (and not only because of the location work). A film that was still somewhat ahead of its time, because of a number of subjects that are addressed.
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