Cream in My Coffee (1980)
- Directed by
- Gavin Millar
- Genre
- drama film, musical film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elderly couple returns to a seaside hotel where they first met decades ago. The story cuts between their younger and older selves to show how love and betrayal have shaped their lives.
bittersweetnostalgicnonlinearmelancholicmusicaltensetheatricalpoignant
What happens
Cream in My Coffee is a television drama by Dennis Potter, broadcast on ITV on 2 November 1980 as the last in a loosely connected trilogy of plays exploring language and betrayal. A juxtaposition between youth and old age, the play combines a non-linear narrative with the use of popular music to heighten dramatic tension, a feature of much of Potter's work. Cream in My Coffee was awarded the Prix Italia for best drama in 1981 and Peggy Ashcroft gained a BAFTA Best Actress award in 1981. The play's title is taken from the popular song "You're the Cream in My Coffee", from the 1929 Broadway musical Hold Everything! (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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