Wah-Wah (2005)

Directed by

Richard E. Grant

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy grows up in Swaziland in the 1960s as his family falls apart. He uses small roles in local amateur theater productions to cope with his parents' troubled marriage and his own loneliness.

melancholicpoignantbittersweetwrypersonalreflectiveemotionally complexatmospheric

What happens

Wah-Wah is a 2005 comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard E. Grant in his directorial debut. Loosely based on his childhood in Swaziland, it stars Nicholas Hoult, Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson and Julie Walters. Filmed and set in Swaziland, the film was first shown at the Cannes Film Market on 13 May 2005 and premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 17 August 2005. It then toured to various festivals before receiving a limited release in the United States on 5 May 2006, followed by its release in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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