Our Winnie (1982)

Recommended

UK

Short Television Film

Series Title: Objects of Affection (1982)

Director: Malcolm Mowbray

Writer: Alan Bennett

Composer: George Fenton

Cast: Elizabeth Spriggs, Constance Chapman, Sheila Kelley, Peter Lorenzelli, Veronica Roberts, Lesley Manville, Max Hafler, Jim Broadbent, Avril Elgar, Jimmy Yuill, Jackie Shinn

Winnie, a mentally retarded young woman from Lancashire, accompanies her mother and aunt on one of their regular trips to the cemetery to visit the her father’s grave, but they find their day interrupted by an art student, determined to take their photograph, in Alan Bennett’s deftly acted, thought provoking, and all too brief drama. Iain.Stott