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"She's Been Away" is a 1989 British television film written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Sir Peter Hall. In her final appearance it starred Dame Peggy Ashcroft, who won two awards at the Venice International Film Festival for her performance, as did Geraldine James. It was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama.
Dec 1, 1991 · She's Been Away: Directed by Peter Hall. With Peggy Ashcroft, Geraldine James, James Fox, Jackson Kyle. Locked away in an asylum as a young girl because she was an embarrassment to her family, then forgotten, an old woman returns to what's left of her kin and to her memories.
May 20, 2011 · Stephen Poliakoff's drama about an unexpected pact which develops between two women - Lillian, who's been away in a 'home' since she was a rebellious girl half a century ago, and...
Screen One. Series 1: She's Been Away. Contains adult themes. Drama about an unexpected pact that develops between two women, one of whom has been away in a 'home' since she was a...
She's Been Away (1989) Written by Stephen Poliakoff and Directed by Peter Hall. The film is set during a time when the Victorian asylums were being knocked down or turned into flats and their final remaining residents were being turned loose on the streets.
Oct 8, 1989 · Stephen Poliakoff's drama about an unexpected pact that develops between two women - Lillian, who's been away in a 'home' since she was a rebellious girl half a century ago, and...
The story is overwhelmingly tragic, as Peggy Ashcroft plays Aunt Lillian who has been locked away in an asylum for 60 years but has to be taken out because the asylum is being knocked down by property developers.
Summaries. Locked away in an asylum as a young girl because she was an embarrassment to her family, then forgotten, an old woman returns to what's left of her kin and to her memories.
An unexpected pact develops between two women - Lillian, who's been away in a 'home' since she was a rebellious girl half a century ago, and sophisticated, 'happily married' Harriet. Brought reluctantly together when Lillian is returned to the world, the pair find a common purpose which has hilarious and risky consequences for those around them ...
She's Been Away 1989 1h 46m Drama List Reviews As the mental ward where patient Lillian Huckle (Peggy Ashcroft) has lived for more than 50 years is about to close, the elderly woman faces...
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