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Coming Up Roses Directed by Stephen Bayly Produced by Linda James Written by Ruth Carter Starring Ifan Huw Dafydd Cinematography Dick Pope Editing by Scott Thomas Release date(s) May, 1986 Running time 93 minutes Country United Kingdom Language Welsh Coming Up Roses (Welsh: Rhosyn a Rhith) is a 1986 Welsh language comedy drama film. It was directed by Stephen Bayly and starred Ifan Huw Dafydd, Gillian Elisa and Mari Emlyn. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The film centres around the closure of the last small town cinema in South Wales and the community's efforts to pull together to save the cinema.
Cast
- Ifan Huw Dafydd - Dave
- Gillian Elisa - Sian
- Mari Emlyn - June
- Iola Gregory - Mona
- Rowan Griffiths - Pete
- Dafydd Hywel - Trevor
- Olive Michael - Gwen
- Bill Paterson - Mr. Valentine
- W. J. Phillips - Eli Davies
- Clyde Pollitt - Councillor
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Coming Up Roses". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/913/year/1986.html. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
External links
Categories:- British films
- Welsh-language films
- 1986 films
- 1980s comedy films
- 1980s drama films
- Films directed by Stephen Bayly
- 1980s British film stubs
- 1980s comedy film stubs
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