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The Innocent (1984)

Director: John MacKenzie

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From Time Out Film Guide

Set in a cotton-mill town in the depths of the '30s depression, this professes to offer a truthful picture of life and love on the dole, but too often settles for quaint nostalgia. A young epileptic roams the Yorkshire dales (spectacularly shot) in search of the rare, wonderful kingfisher when the adult world becomes too bewildering and tough. The film has all the makings of a Sunday afternoon tearjerker, only MacKenzie is too honest to pull too heavily on the heartstrings. He is rewarded by merely revealing the thinness of the characterisation and the meagreness of the script.

Author: JE 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Geoff Boycott said...
    Posted on Dec 08 2007 16:35 I bloody love this film and 'appen i am from t'dales. Im reet annoyed i can't get a chuffin copy of t'film on tinternet.. Any road up ive just got tut take kes out fut flyin so ill be off then. a'ppen.
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Cast & crew

Director: John MacKenzie

Producer: Jacky Stoller

Cast: Andrew Hawley, Kika Markham, Kate Foster, Liam Neeson, Patrick Daley, Paul Askew, Lorraine Peters, Tom Bell, Miranda Richardson full cast

Duration: 96 mins


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