Didn't know anything about this movie apart from the fact it was from Bryan Forbes for Edith Evans. That's the way to see it. It's a series of incidents that happen to a little old lady who lives in a shabby area in some shabby town. She hears voices. The man who gives her her dole is nice. Neighbour Nannette Newman, with a black lover, isn't nice. She has a deadshit son (Ronnie Fraser) and husband (Eric Portman) both of whom are involved in crime. She's conned by a bratty lady.
Still it's post war England so she's got some government assistant and National Health. People do try to help her.
It's moving. I like how Evans remains a mystery. The relationships are well evoked.
This is a film festival movie but it is interesting. Great chance for Evans and also Eric Portman, at the end of their lives.
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