Charlie Bubbles (1968)

Directed by

Albert Finney

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful writer goes back to his home town after making it big in London. He reconnects with old friends and faces the place he came from.

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What happens

Charlie Bubbles is a 1968 British comedy-drama film directed by Albert Finney (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Colin Blakely and Liza Minnelli. The screenplay was by Shelagh Delaney. The plot concerns a writer returning to his home city after achieving success in London. Director Stephen Frears worked as an assistant director to Finney on this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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