Poster for Our Winnie

Our Winnie

1982 40 minutes

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Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie’s father is buried. Also in the cemetery are two art students, one of whom (Liz) asks if she can take a photograph of the three women. She takes it while they are not prepared, making them look ridiculous (Cora is putting her make-up on, Winnie is staring at the camera with her mouth open). Cora is angry, and Liz takes another of them properly posed. But she enters the first photograph for a competition, where it wins a prize

Released

12th November 1982

43 years ago

Runtime

40 minutes

Finishes at 5:03pm

Directed by

Malcolm Mowbray

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Written by

Alan Bennett

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