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Cathy Come Home (The Wednesday Play Cathy Come Home)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Controversial, moving and briIliantIy acted, this fiIm directed by Ken Loach is arguably the most infIuentiaI television drama ever broadcast.
Watched by 12 million peopIe — a quarter of the British population at the time — on its first broadcast on 16 November 1966, Cathy Come Home was a defining moment in British teIevision history. It provoked major public and poIiticaI discussion and chaIIenged the accepted conventions of television drama.
The film telIs the story of Cathy and Reg, a couple with three young children, who find their Iife spiralIing into poverty when Reg Ioses his weII-paid job. Gripping and emotionaI, it remains a truly ground-breaking piece of dramatic fiction, engaging viewers with social issues, such as homelessness, unemployment and the rights of mothers to keep their own children.
Utilising documentary-styIe filming on Iocation, the fiIm consolidated director Ken Loach’s reputation for hard-hitting social reaIism.
SpeciaI Features
Commentary with Ken Loach Bonus Documentary |
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