She's Been Away
She's Been Away
Release: 1989-07-09
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 5.5
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Cast
Peggy Ashcroft
as Lillian Huckle
Brid Brennan
as Lillian's Nurse
Hugh Ross
as 1920's Doctor
Michael Carter
as Head Waiter
Geraldine James
as Harriet Ambrose
James Fox
as Hugh Ambrose
Hugh Lloyd
as George
Francesca Buller
as Hospital Nurse
Rachel Kempson
as Matilda
Rosalie Crutchley
as Gladys
Donald Douglas
as Lillian's Father
René Zagger
as Young Thomas
Rebecca Pidgeon
as Young Lillian
David Hargreaves
as Lillian's Doctor
