Absolute Beginners (1986)
Welcome to the world of your dreams!
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...
- Date of release
- 1986-04-04
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (73)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Director
- Julien Temple
Casting
- 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)
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