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.
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Prestige, grave, contemplative and earnest.
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Freda DowieMother
- Pete PostlethwaiteFather
- Angela WalshEileen
- Lorraine AshbourneMaisie
- Dean WilliamsTony
- Sally DaviesEileen as a child
- Susan FlanaganMaisie as a child
- Nathan WalshTony as a child
- Michael StarkeDave
- Debi JonesMicky
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- Terence DaviesDirector
- Terence DaviesWriter
- William DiverDirector of Photography
- Patrick DuvalDirector of Photography
- William DiverEditor
- Jennifer HowarthProducer
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