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Steaming is a British film directed by Joseph Losey, released in 1985, the year after his death. The last film that Losey directed, it was adapted from Nell Dunn's play of the same name by Dunn and Patricia Losey. The film was screened out of competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The story is about the women who meet regularly in a steam room and decide to fight its closure. The cast was headed by Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors and Brenda Bruce. It was the last film appearance by Dors, who died in 1984.[3]

Steaming
Directed by	Joseph Losey
Written by	Nell Dunn (play) Patricia Losey
Starring	Vanessa Redgrave Sarah Miles Diana Dors Brenda Bruce
Cinematography	Christopher Challis
Edited by	Reginald Beck
Music by	Richard Harvey and Robin Bextor
Production company	World Film Services
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors[1])
Release date	1985
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film has no overall plot and simply acts as a series of conversations between various pairs of ladies.

The unifying issue is the point where it is announced that the baths are to close to build a leisure centre.

Cast

• Vanessa Redgrave - Nancy
• Sarah Miles - Sarah
• Diana Dors - Violet
• Patti Love - Josie
• Brenda Bruce - Mrs. Meadows
• Felicity Dean - Dawn Meadows
• Sally Sagoe - Celia
• Anna Tzelniker - Mrs. Goldstein

References

Further reading

• Canby, Vincent (28 September 1985). "Film Festival; 'Steaming', directed by Joseph Losey". The New York Times. - Excerpts of this were repeated in: "FILM: LOSEY'S 'STEAMING'" (August 29, 1986)
• Kehr, David. "Steaming". The Chicago Reader.

External links

• Steaming at IMDb

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