Coming Up Roses (1986 film)

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Coming Up Roses
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Film poster
Directed by Stephen Bayly
Written byRuth Carter
Produced by Linda James
Starring Dafydd Hywel
Cinematography Dick Pope
Edited byScott Thomas
Release date
  • May 1986 (1986-05)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageWelsh

Coming Up Roses (Welsh : Rhosyn a Rhith) is a 1986 Welsh language comedy film. It was directed by Stephen Bayly and starred Dafydd Hywel, Gillian Elisa and Mari Emlyn. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. [1]

Contents

The film centres on the closure of the last small town cinema in South Wales and the community's efforts to pull together to save the cinema.

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Coming Up Roses". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-15.