Wah-Wah (2006)
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| Certificate : | R |
| Genre(s) : | Drama |
| Director(s) : | Richard E. Grant |
| Cast : | Emily Watson, Gabriel Byrne, Julie Walters, Miranda Richardson, Nicholas Hoult |
| Description : | Acclaimed actor Richard E. Grant's 'Wah-Wah' is a semi-autobiographical 'coming-of-age at the end of an age' story told through the eyes of young Ralph Compton. Set during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland South East Africa in 1969 the plot focuses on the dysfunctional Compton family whose gradual disintegration mirrors the end of British rule.As an 11-year-old Ralph witnesses his mother's adultery with his father's best friend. His parents divorce and Ralph is sent to boarding school. His father Harry (Gabriel Byrne) not only loses his wife (Miranda Richardson) and best friend but also his position as Minister of Education with the coming of Independence prompting his rapid descent into alcoholism.Now 14 Ralph (Nicholas Hoult) returns home to discover that his father has re-married an American ex-air 'hostess' named Ruby whom his father has known all of six weeks. As round a peg as you could find in this square holed society Ruby (Emily Watson) ridicules the petty snobbery of the restless colonials whose chief amusements are gin adultery and their foppish slang of 'toodle-pip' and 'hobbly-jobbly' ' that Ruby identifies as sounding like 'Wah-Wah.'Although Ralph is initially wary of Ruby he bonds with her as his father's drinking escalates and becomes dangerously out of control. It's this chaos that stokes Ralph's inner turmoil and eventually forges his creative mind. Run Time: 100 mins |
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Additional details
Running Time : 100 mins Released : 11/21/2006 Screen Format : 2.35:1 Sound formats : Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Subtitles : English Languages : English
