A Taste of Honey

MOVIE #1,069 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 07.19.23 Really felt for the main character in this one. This was at the forefront of something called “kitchen sink realism,” a British arts movement wherein stories focused on how the other half lives, etc. (IDK feels like there’s always been movies about this but what do I know.) The accents are adorable and definitely gotta give it credit for showcasing both a gay main character and an interracial relationship in 1961. Probably won’t dig into this (or this era) again any time soon, but an enjoyable little movie nonetheless.

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A Taste of Honey is a 1961 British drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens and Murray Melvin. It is an adaptation of the 1958 play of the same name by Shelagh Delaney. Delaney wrote the screenplay with Richardson, who directed the original Broadway production of the play in 1960. The film is an exemplar of a gritty genre of British film that has come to be called kitchen sink realism. It was released on January 14, 1989.