UnratedOnce a Year on Blackpool Sands

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Play Time: 105 mins
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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

Overview:
A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

Status: Released (2021-11-21)
Awards:1 nomination
Screen:Karlton Parris
Productions: Baby Dog Films
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Once a Year on Blackpool Sands
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If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. Instead, Karlton Parris rather misses his open goal and provides us with a meandering film that largely underwhelms. That said, there are two stro ....

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