Private Road is a 1971 British drama film directed by Barney Platts-Mills and starring Susan Penhaligon and Bruce Robinson.
Private Road | |
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Directed by | Barney Platts-Mills |
Written by | Barney Platts-Mills |
Produced by | Barney Platts-Mills Andrew St. John |
Starring | Susan Penhaligon Bruce Robinson |
Cinematography | Adam Barker-Mill |
Edited by | Jonathan Gili |
Music by | David Dundas Michael Feast George Fenton |
Production company | Maya Films |
Distributed by | Maya Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Peter Morrisey (Bruce Robinson) is an author who has just published his first novel. He meets receptionist Ann Halpern (Susan Penhaligon) and falls in love. They spend some time in a cottage in Scotland living an idyllic pastoral life, then return to London. Peter gets a job at an advertising agency as a copywriter. Ann becomes pregnant and Peter asks her to marry him but she refuses. To Peter's shock, Ann decides to have an abortion without talking to him about it first. After a spell in hospital Ann returns home and her father gives her a house. Peter returns to his flat alone, still thinking that he will marry Ann. With his friend Stephen, Peter breaks into an office block and steals a typewriter so he can resume his writing career.
The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.[1]
After several years out of print it was reissued on Blu-ray and DVD by the BFI in 2011 as part of their Flipside reissue program.
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