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The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

The Bed Sitting Room poster
Directed by
Richard Lester
Genre
drama film, post-apocalyptic film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A nuclear war has left Britain in ruins. The remaining survivors struggle to adapt to a world where reality itself starts to warp and mutate. The film follows a group of eccentric characters as they navigate a bizarre and decaying landscape.

absurdistsatiricaldarkly comicchaoticbleaksurrealwhimsicalbleakly humorous

What happens

The Bed Sitting Room is a 1969 British black comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring an ensemble cast of British comic actors. It was written by John Antrobus based on the 1962 play of the same name by Spike Milligan and himself. The film is an absurdist, post-apocalyptic, satirical black comedy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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