Underplayed Gems

Secret Friends (1991)

Secret Friends poster
Directed by
Dennis Potter
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
15
Rating
3.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man’s vivid fantasy life starts to blur with reality and takes over. The film follows him as his imagined scenarios get more intense and dangerous.

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What happens

Secret Friends is a 1991 British film written and directed by Dennis Potter and starring Alan Bates, Gina Bellman and Ian McNeice. It was based on Potter's novel Ticket to Ride. The screenplay concerns a man whose fantasy spirals out of control. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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