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Director: |
Michael Apted
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Starring: |
Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew Brackfield, Suzanne Dewey, Nicholas Hitchon, Neil Hughes, Lynn Johnson, Susan Sullivan, Tony Walker
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Genres: |
Documentary, Television, Media, Lifestyle
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Origin: |
United Kingdom
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Certificate: |
PG
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Languages: |
English
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Running Time: |
139 min
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In 1964, Michael Apted interviewed seven-year-old English kids: five or six from privilege, a Yorkshire farm kid, East-End girls, and boys from a children's home. Every seven years, Apted re-interviews those willing (two declined this time). At 42, careers are stuck or flourishing; marriages are strong, shaky, or over (and Bruce recently married for the first time). They're dealing with parents' dying, and children coming-of-age. One is a single mom with young sons. One is remarried, but how are the five children from his first marriage? Lyn and Jackie face health problems with down-to-earth lucidity. Neil, on the margin at 28 and 35, has a glorious story of friendship at 42.
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