Another Time, Another Place (1983 film)

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Another Time, Another Place
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Directed by Michael Radford
Screenplay byJohn Francis Lane
Michael Radford
Based onAnother Time, Another Place
by Jessie Kesson
Produced by Simon Perry
Starring Phyllis Logan
Giovanni Mauriello
Denise Coffey
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Edited by Tom Priestley
Music by John McLeod
Production
companies
Distributed byCinegate
Rediffusion
Release dates
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£500,000 [1]

Another Time, Another Place is a 1983 British drama film directed by Michael Radford and starring Phyllis Logan, Giovanni Mauriello and Denise Coffey. [2] [3] The screenplay was based on the 1983 novel by Jessie Kesson. [4] [5]

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Plot

In Scotland in 1943 during World War II, Janie (Phyllis Logan) is a young Scottish housewife married to Dougal (Paul Young), who is 15 years older. Participating in a war rehabilitation program, the couple take in three Italian prisoners of war to work on their farm. Janie soon falls in love with one of the three, Luigi (Giovanni Mauriello). She begins a secret relationship with Luigi that is doomed from the start. [6] [7]

Cast

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References

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