Family Life (1971 British film)
| Family Life | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Produced by | Tony Garnett |
| Screenplay by | David Mercer |
| Starring |
Sandy Ratcliff Malcolm Tierney Grace Cave |
| Music by | Marc Wilkinson |
| Cinematography | Charles Stewart |
| Edited by | Roy Watts |
Production company |
Anglo-EMI Kestrel Films |
| Distributed by |
MGM-EMI (UK theatrical) Cinema 5 Distributing (US theatrical) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £180,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,827,374SEK ($291,648USD) |
Family Life (US: Wednesday's Child)[2] is a 1971 British drama film directed by Ken Loach from a screenplay by David Mercer. It is a remake of In Two Minds, an episode of the BBC's Wednesday Play series first transmitted by the BBC in March 1967, which was also written by Mercer and directed by Loach,[3]
Plot
A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life, and consider their daughter to be "misbehaving" whenever she's trying to find her own way in life. When she becomes pregnant, they force her into abortion, and hypocritically blame her for "upsetting them" when she is unable to cope with the emotional and mental effect this has on her. Janice is subjected to shockingly self-righteous and ignorant doctors.
Cast
- Sandy Ratcliff as Janice Baildon
- Bill Dean as Mr. Baildon
- Grace Cave as Mrs. Baildon
- Malcolm Tierney as Tim
- Hilary Martin as Barbara Baildon
- Michael Riddall as Dr. Donaldson
Production
Half the budget was provided by the National Film Finance Corporation the other half by Nat Cohen and Anglo-EMI.[4][5] The film was screened at the New York Film Festival on 3 October 1972.[6]
Awards
Won
- 1972 Berlin International Film Festival:
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1974:
- Critics Award – Best Foreign Film: Ken Loach (UK)
- Sydney Film Festival 2003:
- Audience Award – Best Feature-Length Fiction Film: Ken Loach
Nominated
- BAFTA Awards 1973:
- UN Award – Best Film
References
- ↑ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p.381
- ↑ Jerry Roberts [ Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors], Lanham, Maryland & Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2009, p.344
- ↑ Philip Kemp "Family Life (1971)", BFI Screenonline
- ↑ "Interview with Tony Garnett and Ken Loach: Family Life in the making" by Anthony Barnett, John McGrath,John Mathews, and Peter Wollen from Jump Cut, no. 10-11, 1976, pp. 43-45 accessed 19 April 2014
- ↑ Sue Harper and Justin T. Smith British Film Culture: The Boundaries of Pleasure, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p.305
- ↑ Greenspun, Roger (1972-10-04). "Film Fete: Woes of Womanas 'Wednesday's Child'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-10-15.