Rent Girl from the South and Waiting for Alan (1988)
3.1 of 5 from 48 ratings
2h 9min
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- Synopsis:
Girl from the South (1988) Anne comes from a well-off family in the South of England. Like many girls of her age, she reads romances and, on a trip to her grandparents in the North, decides to write her own romantic story and live it out. She leaves the safety of the suburbs and sets off for the 'the poorer part of town'. Walking up a terraced street - concocting her story as she goes - Anne bumps into an old woman (Granny White), sending her shopping flying. A lucky accident as the old woman's grandson, Ralph, turns out to be exactly the boy she is looking for. But Anne doesn't only fall in love. Discovering that not everyone is as rich as her, she decides to balance things out by persuading Ralph to take part in a burglary. She assures him that if things go wrong, she will say it was her fault. "They'll never believe you!" says Ralph. And they don't.
Waiting for Alan (1984)
Trapped in the rich but sterile environment of a lavishly appointed country house, Marcia is a microcosm of society - a victim of, and partner in, someone else's routine. It's not the housework or the cooking (Mrs Betts looks after those), but the daily monotony of waiting for Alan - her newspaper-reading, TV watching husband. To him, she's just the emotional central heating switched on and off in return for paying the bills and expected to operate as smoothly and regularly as the washing-up machine or the gardener. But Marcia has waited long enough...- Actors:
- Mark Crowshaw, Michelle Mulvany, Daphne Oxenford, Alan Thompson, Keith Weinstein, Carolyn Pickles, Anthony Schaeffer, Rosamund Greenwood, Joyce Kennedy
- Directors:
- Richard Woolley
- Producers:
- Jean Stewart
- Writers:
- Richard Woolley
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Drama
