A Taste of Honey

1961 · 100 min · EN · 7.1 (118 votes)

Dir. Tony Richardson · Starring Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Michael Bilton · Music John Addison

“We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.”

Drama

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

VIBE

A stark, unflinching look at working-class life and burgeoning adulthood. It feels intimate and observational, capturing the quiet desperation and unexpected tenderness found in bleak circumstances. A truly authentic and moving experience.

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