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Mood:
- TenseBleakDisturbingGloomy
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Plot:
- Mentally UnstableSocial MisfitsGoing StraightHuman NaturePsychologicalDoctors and PatientsParents and ChildrenSiblings Relations more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 70s
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Place:
- EnglandEurope
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Family Life, 1971
English
UK
Profile of Family Life
The mood of Family Life is tense, disturbing, and bleak. The plot centers around pregnancy, going straight, and mental illness. It is a drama movie. In approach, Family Life is serious and realistic. The setting is England. It is adapted from a play.
Summary of Family Life
An unintended pregnancy leads to horrific psychological consequences for a teenage girl whose parents force her to get an abortion. When her family seeks counseling for her, she is directed through a mental health institution that exacerbates her problems with harsh, controversial "therapies" in this harrowing film directed by social realist filmmaker Ken Loach (LADYBIRD,LADYBIRD). FAMILY LIFE was originally produced for BBC television.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 2 October 1971 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
Cast and Crew
as Janice Baildon
as Mr. Baildon
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