
Overview
A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way – and that is only the half of it. The boy, Tim, also acts as a go-between for his friend Carns, who is having an affair with a married woman. Eventually, things start to sort themselves out, and Tim sees life getting more interesting when he and his friend Win slowly get a relationship going.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Francis Monkman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ray JenkinsScreenplay
- Tom HartNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 18, 1985
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom






























