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The Long Day Closes

A magical story about a boy’s love affair with the music and movies of the 50s.

7.2(129)19921h 25m2

Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.

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Released
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Language
English
  • nostalgia
  • liverpool, england
  • family relationships
  • loneliness
  • lgbt
  • semi autobiographical
  • 1950s
  • gay theme
  • lgbt child

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG28 May 1993
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1222 May 1992
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG3 Dec 1992
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 1992
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-77 Jan 1994
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival13 May 1992
    • TheatricalTP7 Oct 1992
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical5 Nov 1992
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical25 Mar 1993
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical6 Nov 1992

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The Long Day Closes was released on 22 May 1992.

Audience reviews

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    Peter McGinn

    9/17/2021

    6/10

    Okay, I get it. This movie is artistic. Plot and character development are secondary, irrelevant even perhaps. The film is about visual snapshots, emotional memories that are alternately nostalgic or slightly painful. But I think the movie tries so hard that it fails to entertain, choosing to assume that if you don’t like it, that is okay, because it means you don’t “get” it. For example, do we really need the cam…

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    CinemaSerf

    12/7/2025

    7/10

    Why this this didn’t get even one BAFTA nomination is quite a puzzle as it’s a beautiful piece of cinema that uses it’s own industry’s nostalgia to paint a picture of a young boy longing for that intangible something we all want as our teens loom large. This story is set in a Liverpool still recovering from the end of the war, and where the young “Bud” (Leigh McCormack) lives with adoring mum (Marjorie Yates) and his…

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