DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (1988)

UK | Drama, Director: Terence Davies
With: Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh
Dur: 1:25 hrs. In English with English subtitles

Programmers: Elías Nahmías, Amy Cotler

Terence Davies' Distant Voices, Still Lives is a poignant, impressionistic portrait of working-class
life in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool. Told through a series of fragmented memories, the film
explores themes of family, trauma, and resilience, weaving together moments of joy and
sorrow with evocative use of music and poetic imagery. Anchored by deeply personal
storytelling, Davies captures the tensions within a household dominated by a tyrannical father,
as well as the communal spirit that sustains his family. A masterpiece of British cinema, Distant
Voices, Still Lives is an elegiac reflection on the passage of time and the indelible power of
memory. Following the film, there will be a discussion with Amy Cotler.

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