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Fireworks for Elspeth
Film / 1983

Fireworks for Elspeth

Directed by Alvin Rakoff
RomanceTV movie

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

The story

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

Cast

Fiona ShawElspeth Barbara Leigh-HuntMrs. Erskine Robert AddieLarry Simon Cowell-ParkerColin Katy Durham-MatthewsYoung Elspeth Richard GarnettRobert Joanne GoodSarah Randal HerleyUncle Arthur Dione InmanDaphne Pauline JeffersonMrs. Cox Sheila KeithMrs. Bannerman David LangtonMr. Erskine
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Eve MathesonGirl at Pool Donald MorleyMr. Buldock Eileen PageReverend Mother John QuentinVicar Emma RogersJoanna Dinah SheridanAunt Bevis Norman WoolandMajor Fitzgerald Dilys WorsfoldVillage Lady Tessa WorsleyAunt Edith

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