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Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title, which follows middle-aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself and the rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life.
Shirley Valentine is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad.
- Willy Russell
- 1988
Aug 30, 1989 · Shirley is a bored Liverpudlian housewife who finds herself talking to the wall and dreaming of a better life. She wins a trip to Greece and meets a local man who boosts her self-confidence and transforms her.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1989-08-30
Shirley Valentine (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Shirley Valentine Bradshaw (Pauline Collins) is a 42-year-old housewife living in suburban Liverpool, England, returns home where she has a wide-ranging conversation with her kitchen wall while preparing chips and egg for her husband Joe's (Bernard Hill) dinner.
Advertisement. The story involves one Shirley Valentine, British provincial housewife and lonely soul who spends a great deal of time talking to her kitchen walls and other inanimate objects.
Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg. 2,704 IMDb 7.2 1 h 48 min 1989. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Charming · Passionate.
