friendship,single parent,parent child relationship,based on play or musical,family relationships,coming of age,interracial relationship,working class,single mother,teenage pregnancy,kitchen sink realism,free cinema,british new wave,independent film,depressing

A Taste of Honey (1961)

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We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Tony Richardson
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    Jo Rita Tushingham
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    Geoffrey Ingham Murray Melvin
  • Profile picture of Paul Danquah
    Jimmy Paul Danquah
  • Profile picture of Dora Bryan
    Helen Dora Bryan
  • Profile picture of Robert Stephens
    Peter Smith Robert Stephens
  • Profile picture of Michael Bilton
    Landlord Michael Bilton
  • Profile picture of Rosalie Williams
    Nurse Rosalie Williams

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Keywords

  • friendship
  • single parent
  • parent child relationship
  • based on play or musical
  • family relationships
  • coming of age
  • interracial relationship
  • working class
  • single mother
  • teenage pregnancy
  • kitchen sink realism
  • free cinema
  • british new wave
  • independent film
  • depressing