Telling Tales (1978)

Review: Telling Tales (1978)

Director: Richard Woolley

Cast: Bridget Ashburn, James Woolley, Patricia Donovan, Stephen Trafford,

Bridget Ashburn
Bridget Ashburn
James Woolley
James Woolley
Patricia Donovan
Patricia Donovan
Stephen Trafford
Stephen Trafford

Plot: TELLING TALES is about the failing marriage of an industrialist and his wife, about the industrialist's wish to sell his company to a colleague, Paul Roberts, and about the terminally ill wife of Paul, Ingrid. It is also about the shop steward organising a strike at Paul's factory that jeopardises the deal with the industrialist, and about the wife of the shop steward, who happens to clean and cook for the industrialist. A network of intertwined tales told in different ways, and for very different motives, by the main protagonists.

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DVD diary: September – part one

DVD diary: September – part one

There’s still no recognizable pattern to my DVD watching, but maybe I shouldn’t worry about it. If my viewing became more systematic, it would probably start to feel like work. I finally finished getting through the British TV series […]

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