Wish You Were Here

Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.

Plot Summary

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. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.

6.5 /10

1987

GB

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post war

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