Romance ·TV Movie · 1983 · 51m

Fireworks for Elspeth

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Director
Alvin Rakoff
Cast
Fiona Shaw as Elspeth Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Mrs. Erskine Robert Addie as Larry Simon Cowell-Parker as Colin Katy Durham-Matthews as Young Elspeth Richard Garnett as Robert
Crew
Lee Langley — Writer Roy Roberts — Producer
Synopsis

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

Key Collaborators
Alvin Rakoff Director Lee Langley Writer Roy Roberts Producer
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