

Wish You Were Here
Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.
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.
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- Language
- English
- england
- rebel
- pregnant minor
- based on true story
- teenage girl
- seaside
- post war
- father daughter conflict
- 1950s
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR24 Jul 1987
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1524 Jul 1987
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1529 Feb 1988
IrelandIE
- Theatrical158 Jan 1988
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Wish You Were Here was released on 24 July 1987.
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2- W6/10
Wuchak
9/10/2024
**_Emily Lloyd coming-of-age in early 50’s Britain_** A precocious teen in a seaside town of southern England becomes aware of her power over males while flouting conventions, which doesn’t help her relationship with her rigid father (Geoffrey Hutchings) and keeps getting her in trouble, which she finds amusing. "Wish You Were Here" (1987) is a period piece and coming-of-age flick. It’s been listed as a comedy,…
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CinemaSerf
5/30/2025
If you can imagine what Britain was like immediately after the end of WWII, then you can picture the grey and drab world inhabited by the sixteen year old “Lynda” (Emily Lloyd) who lives with her dad and younger sister. Her mum died many years earlier leaving her to develop quite a few of the traits more readily attributed to men. She swears like a trooper and when it comes to sex, well she doesn’t intend to let the …
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