Wish You Were Here (1987)

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Written by David Leland

Directed by David Leland

Running Time: 105 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1987

Rating: 15 Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Sixteen-year-old Lynda lives with her younger sister and widowed father in a small English coastal town in the early 50s. Starved for affection after her mother's death, she seeks attention by shocking family and friends with her precocious behaviour. She starts to experiment with sex but her composure is shaken by an affair with an older man, a friend of her father's.

Cast

Emily LloydLynda
Tom BellEric
Jesse BirdsallDave
Clare CliffordMrs. Parfitt
Barbara DurkinValerie
Geoffrey HutchingsHubert
Charlotte BarkerGillian
Chloe LelandMargaret
Charlotte BallLynda
Pat HeywoodAunt Millie
Abigail LelandMargaret
Susan SkipperLynda's Mother
Geoffrey DurhamHarry Figgis
Sheila KelleyJoan Figgis
Neville SmithCinema Manager

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