Billy Liar
“one guy ... three girls ... one ring!”
ComedyDramaRomance
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
VIBE
A poignant, darkly funny look at a young man trapped by circumstance and his own fantasies. It captures the ache of unfulfilled dreams and the bittersweet reality of working-class life in post-war Britain.
wrymelancholicbittersweetyearningsteadykitchen sink realismmid-century British cinemacharacter studyescapismidentitydisillusionmentyouth
dreamnorthern englandbased on novel or booklieyorkshiretrainambrosia
