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Secret Friends (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Dennis Potter

Written By:
Dennis Potter

Actors:
Alan Bates ..... John
Gina Bellman ..... Helen
Frances Barber ..... Angela
Tony Doyle ..... Martin
Joanna David ..... Kate
Colin Jeavons ..... Vicar
Rowena Cooper ..... Vicar's Wife
Ian McNeice ..... First Businessman
Davyd Harris ..... Second Businessman
Niven Boyd ..... BR Steward / Patient
Martin Whiting ..... Young John
Roy Hamilton ..... Singer
David Swift ..... Musician
Nicholas Russell-Pavier ..... Musician
Colin Ryan ..... Musician

Synopsis:

During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions. Potter viewed John as a victim of what he himself has created, a sexual fantasy that gets out of control. Fantasy should be one of the registered sexually transmitted diseases which in John's case, it is. Loosely based on British author and film director Dennis Potter's 1986 novel 'Ticket to Ride', Secret Friends follows the life of John (Alan Bates), a middle-aged wildflower illustrator in the throes of an identity crisis. John, while on a train bound for London, tries to distinguish between illusion and reality, unsure of whether or not he actually murdered his wife Helen (Gina Bellman), or if that too was part of his many delusions. John (Bates), after a recent onslaught of marital strife, had delved into his own mind, creating an elaborate fantasy life filled with prostitutes and a menacing imaginary friend left over from childhood. Secret Friends also features performances from Frances Barber, Tony Doyle, and Joanna David.

An amnesiac is haunted by the recurring images of his murderous past and repressed childhood.

Concerns the sexual fantasy of one man that gets out of control.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 24 December, 2009.

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