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Lonely Hearts (1981)

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clip 'I don't believe you' education content clip 1

Original classification rating: M. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Relations between Peter (Norman Kaye) and Patricia (Wendy Hughes) are strained, but they must continue rehearsals for the play, an amateur production of August Strindberg’s The Father, directed by the flamboyantly theatrical George (John Finlayson). Peter tries to engage Patricia in conversation, between lines of the play, without success.

Curator’s notes

Equal amounts of absurd comedy and high emotion, as Peter, clad in a straitjacket, tries to win back the woman he thinks he loves. The carpenter making all the noise on the set is the co-writer of the film, John Clarke.