Wolf Rilla movie about 24 hours in the lives of two flatmates - Sylvia Syms is visited by her dad (William Hartnell) and tells him she's pregnant; June Ritchie is seeing a married man (Edward Judd).
I wanted to like this film more than I did. The photography and some of the acting is superb - Syms in particular is terrific. People really like June Ritchie although I felt she was a little OTT. Too much screen time is spent on whiny Edward Judd, a rich man who whines about how his father made him marry this woman. We see him complain about this to Ritchie, his father and his wife. What a whinger.
Donald Sutherland is in it being teased in a nightclub.
The film is described as being about two lesbians and you could read it that way. I think it's about two girls who are mates who have a track record of dating shits and decide to make a go of it together rather than relying on men. So the ending is quite feminist.
Not much happens except Ritchie tries to kill herself at the end. But it's interesting. Great to see a social realist film focus on women (there were a few eg Taste of Honey, Smashing Time, Georgy Girl).
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