The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both women highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with an uncaring, errant mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long lost parent.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Gavin MillarDirector
- Victoria WoodScreenplay
- Colin TownsOriginal Music Composer
- Victoria WoodWriter
Cast
- Victoria WoodMargaret
- Julie WaltersPat
- Celia ImrieClaire
- Duncan PrestonJim
- Thora HirdJim's Mother
- Deborah GrantStella
- Don HendersonBilly
- Shirley StelfoxVera
- Anne ReidMaeve
- Julie HesmondhalghHelper in Old Age Home
- Angela CurranLady in Motel
- Madge HindleLady in Motel