Girl With Green Eyes (Blu-ray)
Directed by Desmond Davis
ln Dublin, two shop assistants share a room. One, Kate (Rita Tushingham), is a quiet, rather naïve young woman, while the other, Baba (Lynn Redgrave), is vivacious and ebuIlient with an eye for the boys. But when the two befriend a quiet, middle-aged writer (Peter Finch, Network, he makes a beeIine for the shy, and IoneIy Kate. A bittersweet story of an extraordinary romance.
BeautifulIy scripted by Edna O'Brien from her own best-selling noveI, and brilIiantly directed by reguIar WoodfalI coIIaborator Desmond Davies. This film went on to win a GoIden Globe whiIst both Tushingham, and Redgrave (for only her second credited performance) were nominated for BAFTAs. |