Secret Friends

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Secret Friends is a 1991 British film written and directed by Dennis Potter and starring Alan Bates, Gina Bellman and Ian McNeice. [1] It was based on Potter's novel Ticket to Ride . The screenplay concerns a man whose fantasy spirals out of control.

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During a train journey, a man's fantasy spirals out of control.

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References

  1. BFI.org