Wah-Wah
Synopsis
As an 11 year-old, Ralph witnesses his mother's adultery with his father's best friend. His parents divorce and Ralph is sent to boarding school. Harry Compton not only loses his wife and best friend, but also his position as Minister of Education with the coming of Independence, prompting his rapid descent into alcoholism.
Now 14, Ralph returns home to discover that his father has re-married an American ex-airhostess called Ruby whom he has known all of six weeks. As round a peg as you could find in this square-holed society, Ruby ridicules the petty snobbery of colonial life by identifying colonial-speak as sounding like a load of old 'Wah-Wah'. Although Ralph is initially wary of Ruby, he bonds with her as his father's drinking escalates dangerously out of control.
Emotions climax against the backdrop of Swazi independence. Ralph throws himself into an amateur production of Camelot as a means to escape his hellish home life, falls in love and in the process begins to make sense of his turbulent relationship with his parents.
Details
- Year
- 2005
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 96 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Richard E Grant 1st Feature
- Producer
- Julia Blackman, Joel Phiri, Jeremy Nathan
- Editor
- Isabelle Dedieu
- Screenwriter
- Richard E Grant
- Director of Photography
- Pierre Aïm AFC
- Production Designer
- Gary Williamson
- Sound
- Dominique Levert
- Composer
- Patrick Doyle
- Principal cast
- Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Julie Walters, Emily Watson, Nicholas Hoult, Celia Imrie
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Scion Films, Wah Film Productions, Lorna Nasha, IMG
Sales Company
The Works
Portland House4 Great Portland Street
London W1W 8QJ
UK
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