Shirley Valentine (1989)

Directed by

Lewis Gilbert

Genre

comedy drama, romantic comedy, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 109 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged English housewife feels stuck in her routine life. She takes a solo trip to Greece where a holiday romance helps her reconnect with her own dreams.

lightheartedintrospectivewarmbittersweetgentlehopefulplayfulleisurely

What happens

Shirley Valentine is a 1989 English romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title, which follows middle-aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself and the rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life. Pauline Collins reprises the title role as middle-aged housewife Shirley, which she had previously played in the stage production in London's West End and on Broadway, and Tom Conti plays Costas Dimitriades, the owner of a Greek tavern with whom she has a holiday romance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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