Absolute Beginners

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...

Director: Julien Temple

Cast: Eddie O'Connell, Patsy Kensit, James Fox, David Bowie, Ray Davies, Mandy Rice-Davies, Eve Ferret, Tony Hippolyte

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.