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Wah-Wah is a 2005 comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard E. Grant in his directorial debut. Loosely based on his childhood in Swaziland , it stars Nicholas Hoult , Gabriel Byrne , Emily Watson , Miranda Richardson and Julie Walters .
Jun 2, 2006 · Wah-Wah: Directed by Richard E. Grant. With Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters, Nicholas Hoult. Ralph witnesses the disintegration of his parents' marriage through adultery and alcohol during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland in 1969.
Jun 15, 2006 · "Wah-Wah" takes place just at that moment in the late 1960s when Britain was granting independence to its colonies, one by one, a parade of royals commuting to one distant capital after another to watch the Union Jack being lowered. The movie is of that time, but not about it, and for that it has been criticized in some circles.
Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Ralph Compton (Nicholas Hoult), a youth in Swaziland, witnesses the disintegration of his dysfunctional ...
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May 12, 2006 · Overview. Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14. Richard E. Grant. Director, Screenplay.
Wah-Wah is a 2005 drama film, written and directed by British actor Richard E. Grant and loosely based on his childhood in Swaziland. It stars Nicholas Hoult, Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson and Julie Walters.
Set during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland, South East Africa, in 1969, the plot focuses on the dysfunctional Compton family whose gradual disintegration mirrors the end of British rule. As an 11 year-old, Ralph witnesses his mother's adultery with his father's best friend.
