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I Was Happy Here (1965)
Director: Desmond Davis
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From Time Out Film Guide
A horribly pretentious and sentimental film which still manages to retain a degree of emotional power, with moments of real intensity and conviction. It's about an Irish girl (Miles) who returns to her home in Ireland after an unhappy marriage, and is pursued there by her bullying husband (Glover). The film is certainly much better than Davis' earlier Irish story The Girl with Green Eyes (also adapted from Edna O'Brien), but it's dogged by the awful tricks of overemphasis which he seems to have learned from his patron Tony Richardson.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Desmond Davis
Producer: Roy Millichip
Cast: Sarah Miles, Cyril Cusack, Julian Glover, Sean Caffrey, Marie Kean, Eve Belton, Cardew Robinson full cast
Duration: 91 mins
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