

Distant Voices, Still Lives
In memory, everything happens to music.
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $771.7K
- Language
- English
- liverpool, england
- family relationships
- singer
- 1940s
- 1950s
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival29 Sept 1988
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13Los Angeles, California28 Jul 1989
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1523 Mar 1990
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 1988
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)Gent9 Feb 1989
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical (limited)1516 Nov 1988
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1217 Feb 1989
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival13 May 1988
- Theatrical16 Nov 1988
ItalyIT
- PremiereMilan16 Nov 1988
- Theatrical18 Nov 1988
JapanJP
- TheatricalG9 Dec 1989
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1516 Nov 1988
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Distant Voices, Still Lives was released on 16 November 1988.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/5/2023
This film is a little like an LP. It has two distinct sides. One "Distant Voices" focuses on just what makes the father of a small family tick. Two - "Still Lives" dwells more on the lives of the children. Unlike on the vinyl though, once we are on that side of the record there are no tracks. The story flits about with a non-consistent chronology to bring us the happy, the sad, the brutal and the gentle and it really…
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