| Heading Home | |
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| Directed by | David Hare |
| Written by | David Hare |
| Produced by | Rick McCallum |
| Starring | Gary Oldman Joely Richardson Stephen Dillane Stella Gonet |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
| Edited by | Frances Parker |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
| Distributed by | BBC Two |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Heading Home is a British television drama film written and directed by David Hare. It was first broadcast on BBC Two on 13 January 1991 as part of the Screen Two anthology series. [1] The film stars Gary Oldman, Joely Richardson, Stephen Dillane, and Stella Gonet.
Set in post-Second World War London, Heading Home follows Janetta Wheatland, a young woman from the provinces who moves to the city to start a new life. She becomes involved with two very different men: Leonard Meopham, a charismatic figure in the Bohemian literary crowd of Soho, and Ian Tyson, an ambitious property developer. As Janetta navigates her relationships and the complexities of post-war society, she finds herself entangled in both the literary and criminal underworlds of London.
Heading Home was partly filmed at London Library in St James's Square, London. [2]
Heading Home has been described as being an example of Bildungsroman , a type of coming-of-age literary genre [3] along with exploring themes of love and existentialism. [4]