A Taste of Honey (1961)
Directed by Tony Richardson
Genres - Drama, Romance, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Urban Drama |
Release Date - Sep 14, 1961 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Director Tony Richardson adapted the screenplay of A Taste of Honey from the "kitchen sink" stage play by Shelagh Delaney. Rita Tushingham plays a working-class British teenager, living with her drink-sodden, libertine mother Dora Bryan. Denied affection by her selfish mother, Tushingham is pushed further in the background when Bryan impulsively marries her latest boyfriend Robert Stephens. The girl takes a job at a shoe store, then moves in with her kindly homosexual employer Murray Melvin. The two lost souls live in harmony until Tushingham becomes pregnant after a casual affair with black sailor Paul Danquah. Melvin comes to the rescue by offering to look after the baby. This relatively blissful state of affairs is short-lived; before long, Tushingham's hateful mother, having been kicked out by Stephens, descends upon her daughter and her "family," with all her debilitating emotional baggage intact. A poignant denouement caps this riveting slice-of-life drama.
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Keywords
mother, friendship, pregnancy, homosexual, unwed-parenthood, cross-cultural-relations, crisis, sailor, teenagers
Attributes
High Artistic Quality