Distant Voices, Still Lives

kitchen-sink melodrama without kitchen-sink uplift. A working-class Liverpool family struggles through postwar austerity under the shadow of a violent patriarch. Davies finds unexpected grace notes amid the gloom, especially in the unexpected bursts of song.

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Terence Davies directed Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. See Terence Davies's full filmography, where to start with Terence Davies, or where to go after you've seen everything by Terence Davies.

Distant Voices, Still Lives was released in 1988 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 84 minutes.