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Wish You Were Here

Summary: In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.

Release Date: July 24, 1987

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: David Leland

Writer: David Leland

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: Channel Four Films, Working Title Films, Zenith Entertainment

Distributor: Fries Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Quiver Distribution

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,283,832

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11 year old girl 16 year old teenage girl apology applause aunt niece relationship baby girl back yard barber bare legs bedroom brighton british comedy british renaissance brother brother relationship bus conductor bus depot cafe cafe manager cafe waitress camera camera shot of a girl's leg camera shot of a girl's legs camera shot of a woman legs in stocking and garters candle cat calling caught having sex center of attention child swearing cigarette holder cigarette smoking cinema coffin condom crying girl customer dancing alone dead mother defloration derogatory profanity dog euphemism exploring sexuality fade to black falling off a bicycle father daughter estrangement female bare buttocks female bare legs female exhibitionist female protagonist fictional biography film projection booth film projectionist film with ambiguous title fingering a woman fired from a job fish and chip shop flashback four word title freemason gas mask going dancing hairdresser hiding under a bed implied sex independent film insult laughter legs lift skirt looking at oneself in a mirror looking out a window losing one's virginity loss of virginity male bare buttocks man wears eyeglasses misogynist mooning someone night obnoxiousness older man young girl relationship older man younger woman relationship out of wedlock child out of wedlock pregnancy photo album photograph policeman posing for a photograph post war post world war two pram precocious teenage girl pregnant girl premature ejaculation profanity psychiatrist public argument public nudity rebellious girl reference to an abortion reference to betty grable riding a bicycle saying thank you scene during end credits scene during opening credits seaside town sex in a shed sex in bed sexual euphemism singing single father single mother sister sister relationship sitting by a window slut shaming song standing on a table stepping on a rake tea room teenage girl teenage pregnancy teenage protagonist telling someone to shut up timeframe 1950s torch uncle nephew relationship uncle niece relationship underage sex up the duff urban setting use of bloody as epithet used condom verbal abuse virginal sex waitress watching a movie widower wolf whistle woman flashes her legs woman flashing her leg woman raises her skirt woman wears eyeglasses written by director year 1951 younger version of character

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