Wish You Were Here
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United Kingdom · 1987
Rated R · 1h 32m
Director David Leland
Starring Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Clare Clifford
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
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In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.
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