# The Long Day Closes (1992)

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**Runtime**: 85 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Terence Davies
**Written by**: Terence Davies
**Starring**: Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont, Ayse Owens, Tina Malone

> *A magical story about a boy’s love affair with the music and movies of the 50s.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Terry Gilliam’s memory plays Ken Loach in a Liverpool of 1959. A shuttered boy haunts matinees until the flickering gods become his elders, schoolyard fists his daily bruise. That 4:3 Technicolor glow keeps the roof from collapsing.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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