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Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

6.4/ 10

TMDB Rating

76

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1987

Release Year

92 min

Runtime

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Overview

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.

Keywords

england
rebel
pregnant minor
based on true story
teenage girl
seaside
post war
father daughter conflict
1950s

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Reviews(2)

6.5avg rating
Wuchak

Wuchak

September 10, 2024

6
6/10

**_Emily Lloyd coming-of-age in early 50’s Britain_** A precocious teen in a seaside town of southern England becomes aware of her power over males while flouting conventions, which doesn’t help her relationship with her rigid father (Geoffrey Hutchings) and keeps getting her in trouble, which sh

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

May 30, 2025

7
7/10

If you can imagine what Britain was like immediately after the end of WWII, then you can picture the grey and drab world inhabited by the sixteen year old “Lynda” (Emily Lloyd) who lives with her dad and younger sister. Her mum died many years earlier leaving her to develop quite a few of the traits

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