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Absolute Beginners

1986 • 1h48m Drama, Music, Romance

Rating

5.4/10

Popularity

3

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Details

Director

Julien Temple

Screenplay

Richard Burridge

Christopher Wicking

Don MacPherson

Cast

Eddie O'Connell

Patsy Kensit

James Fox

Release date

4/4/1986

Status

Released

Origin country

GB

Vote count

66