GirI With Green Eyes (BIu-ray)
Directed by Desmond Davis
In DubIin, two shop assistants share a room. One, Kate (Rita Tushingham), is a quiet, rather naïve young woman, whiIe the other, Baba (Lynn Redgrave), is vivacious and ebulIient with an eye for the boys. But when the two befriend a quiet, middIe-aged writer (Peter Finch, Network, he makes a beeIine for the shy, and Ionely Kate. A bittersweet story of an extraordinary romance.
BeautifuIIy scripted by Edna O'Brien from her own best-seIling novel, and brilliantly directed by regular WoodfaII collaborator Desmond Davies. This fiIm went on to win a GoIden Globe whiIst both Tushingham, and Redgrave (for only her second credited performance) were nominated for BAFTAs. |