One night, two siblings, zero plot — British kitchen sink cinema at its most uncomfortably real.
Ralph decides to give his sister Clare a night on the town to cheer her up. They visit a burger bar and a disco in a modern precinct, and Clare gets slightly drunk. At the end of the evening, they both end up at Clare's flat.
Acting
Deborah Norton's brittle, heartbreaking drunk monologue.
Direction
Peter Gill's theatre-honed eye for painful silences.
Writing
Dialogue that circles what characters cannot say.
Director
Peter Gill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the BBC's 'Play for Today' tradition of unflinching social realism, though this theatrical adaptation barely aired and remains nearly impossible to find.
Peter Gill originated this as a stage play at the Royal Court; the film preserves his signature technique of characters talking past each other while sharing the same physical space.
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