Absolute Beginners
Directed by Julien Temple
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
- Released
- 4 Apr 1986
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Also known as
- Absolute Beginners - Junge Helden, Absolute Beginners (Principiantes)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Screenplay
- Christopher Wicking, Don MacPherson, Richard Burridge
- Cinematography
- Oliver Stapleton
- Editors
- Gerry Hambling, Michael Bradsell, Richard Bedford, Russell Lloyd
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Cast
Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
Suzette
James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
David Bowie
Vendice Partners
Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
Eve Ferret
Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
Mr. Cool
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Wizard
Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
Sade
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
