A Kind of Loving (1962)
- Directed by
- John Schlesinger
- Genre
- drama film, melodrama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 18A
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 61 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man and woman in working-class Lancashire fall in love and get married. They struggle to adapt to each other and the pressures of their new life together.
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What happens
A Kind of Loving is a 1962 British kitchen sink drama film directed by John Schlesinger, starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie. It was written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Stan Barstow which was later adapted into the 1982 television series A Kind of Loving. The film tells the story of two lovers in early 1960s Lancashire. It belongs to the British New Wave movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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