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Distant Voices, Still Lives

In memory, everything happens to music.

6.8 1988 84m

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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Cast

Freda Dowie

Freda Dowie

Mother

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Father

Angela Walsh

Angela Walsh

Eileen

Lorraine Ashbourne

Lorraine Ashbourne

Maisie

DW

Dean Williams

Tony

SD

Sally Davies

Eileen as a child

SF

Susan Flanagan

Maisie as a child

NW

Nathan Walsh

Tony as a child

Michael Starke

Michael Starke

Dave

DJ

Debi Jones

Micky

VM

Vincent Maguire

George

MJ

Marie Jelliman

Jingles

AM

Antonia Mallen

Rose

Anne Dyson

Anne Dyson

Granny

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