Distant Voices, Still Lives
15 83 mins
15 83 mins
Terence Davies’ partly autobiographical tale evokes his upbringing in Liverpool after the war in a working-class home dominated by the violence of his father, fearsomely played by then newcomer Pete Postlethwaite.
Using dynamic lighting, a superb soundtrack and a fragmented structure, Davies constructs a distinctive drama suffused with both beauty and horror.
The film was voted the third greatest British film of all-time in a 2011 Time Out poll.