UK / USA,
1991, 97 min
Directed by:
Dennis PotterScreenplay:
Dennis PotterCinematography:
Sue GibsonCast:
Alan Bates, Gina Bellman, Frances Barber, Joanna David, Rowena Cooper, Ian McNeice, Colin Jeavons, Tony Doyle, Davyd Harries, Niven BoydPlots(1)
Unfairly neglected since it's original low-key cinema run, Secret Friends is the only feature to be written and directed by Dennis Potter. Made shortly after his hugely controversial mini-series Blackeyes, the film centres on a writer, played by Alan Bates, who descends into a kind of madness during a train journey as memories, fantasies and psychotic visions collide. (Powerhouse Films)
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