Wish You Were Here
1987 · 1h 32m · Comedy, Drama, Romance · United Kingdom · Rated R (US)
Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
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David Leland6.2Smart score
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1950sbased on true storyenglandfather daughter conflictpost warpregnant minorrebelseasideteenage girl
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