An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
- Directed by
- Mike Newell
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 70 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
A teenage girl joins a repertory theatre troupe in post-war Liverpool. During a production of Peter Pan, she gets tangled in the complicated relationships and hidden desires of the adult cast members.
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What happens
An Awfully Big Adventure is a 1995 British coming-of-age film directed by Mike Newell. The story concerns a girl who joins a local repertory theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue. The title is an ironic nod to the original Peter Pan story, in which Peter says, "To die will be an awfully big adventure." Set in 1947, the film was adapted from the Booker Prize-nominated 1989 novel of the same name by Beryl Bainbridge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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