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Absolute Beginners

Welcome to the world of your dreams!

1986 1 hour 48 minutes
60/100

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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...

Released

4th April 1986

40 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 48 minutes

Finishes at 6:13am

Ratings and awards

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    5.6/10

  • Rotten Tomatoes Logo

    70%

  • Metacritic Logo

    60%

  • TMDb Logo

    55%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    60%

Artwork for Absolute Beginners

Directed by

Julien Temple

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Written by

Richard Burridge, Don MacPherson, Christopher Wicking

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