A Taste of Honey (1961)
10/01/1961 (GB) • 1h 40m
We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
Overview
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
Top Billed Cast
Geoffrey Ingham
Jimmy
Helen
Peter Smith
Landlord
Schoolteacher
Bert
Landlady
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$153,814.00
Revenue
-
Keywords
friendship
single parent
parent child relationship
based on play or musical
family relationships
coming of age
interracial relationship
working class
single mother
teenage pregnancy
kitchen sink realism
free cinema
british new wave
independent film
depressing
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