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She's Been Away

She's Been Away (1989)

1h 43m | PG-13

⭐ 5.4 / 10

A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the custody of her family, consisting of her grand-nephew and his family. At first she keeps a self-imposed distance from the relatives, but she soon finds herself coming around to her nephew's wife, a free spirit who is under the thumb of her cold and controlling husband

Director: Peter Hall

Studio: BBC

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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Cast

Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

as Lillian Huckle

Geraldine James

Geraldine James

as Harriet Ambrose

James Fox

James Fox

as Hugh Ambrose

Rachel Kempson

Rachel Kempson

as Matilda

Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon

as Young Lillian

Hugh Lloyd

Hugh Lloyd

as George