A Taste of Honey

"We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us."

Apr 30 1962 Approved 1h 41m
Drama

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.

Plot

Black and white, gay and straight, mothers and daughters, class, and coming of age. Jo is working class, in her teens, living with her drunk and libidinous mother in northern England. When mom marries impulsively, Jo is out on the streets; she and Geoffrey, a gay co worker who's adrift himself, find a room together. Then Jo finds herself pregnant after a one night stand with Jimmy, a Black sailor. Geoffrey takes over the preparations for the baby's birth, and becomes, in effect, the child's father. The three of them seem to have things sorted out when Jo's mother reappears on the scene, assertive and domineering. Which "family" will emerge?

Written by

Shelagh Delaney, Tony Richardson

Directed by

Tony Richardson

Cast

Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Woodfall Film Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Won 4 BAFTA 10 wins & 7 nominations total

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