The read
Critics rate it 34 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 82% of the 1,357 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 34 points higher than audiences do.
160 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernard RoseDirector
- Matthew JacobsScreenplay
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charlotte BurkeAnna Madden
- Elliott SpiersMarc
- Glenne HeadlyKate Madden
- Gemma JonesDr. Sarah Nicols
- Ben CrossDad
- Jane BertishMiss Vanstone
- Sarah NewboldKaren
- Steven O'DonnellDustman
- Samantha CahillSharon
- Gary BleasdalePoliceman
- Karen GledhillNurse
- Barbara KeoghHotel Receptionist
Stills
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Themes
dreamsnightmarehouselighthousedisabled childdrawingchildhoodimaginary worlddreaming
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