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Letter to Brezhnev (1985)

Director: Chris Bernard

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Two girls bus it optimistically into Liverpool one night. One works as a chicken stuffer, the other is unemployed. The former rediscovers the joys of shameless rumpy-pumpy, while the other finds romance in the shape of a Russian sailor. He legs it back to Omsk, leaving matters to be fixed by 'a letter to Brezhnev'. Writer Frank Clarke and director Chris Bernard have made an escapist fantasy of cartoon-like simplicity (the love affair is, at times, ridiculously overblown) but rooted it in realistic observation which is gritty, energetic, and wonderfully funny. Exuberantly performed, the result is seductive - something like Bill Forsyth, except tougher, and taking due mileage from the fact that Liverpool is England's only mythological city.

Author: RR 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Director: Chris Bernard

Producer: Janet Goddard

Cast: Alfred Molina, Peter Firth, Margi Clarke, Alexandra Pigg, Tracy Lea, Ken Campbell full cast

Duration: 95 mins


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