DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES

Terence Davies’ first feature was voted the third greatest British film of all time in a 2011 poll conducted by Time Out magazine. It’s a unique, poetic, semi-autobiographical portrait of working-class family life in Liverpool during the 1940s and 1950s. Evocative, dream-like sequences illustrate how harsh realities were mitigated by pop songs, Technicolor fantasies from Hollywood, and visits to the local pub. With Pete Postlethwaite. Cleveland revival premiere. DCP. 85 min.

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