The Long Day Closes
“A magical story about a boy’s love affair with the music and movies of the 50s.”
1992•PG•1h 25m•7.2•Released
Drama
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.
Director
Terence Davies
Writer
Terence Davies
Languages
English
Studio
Film Four International
Cast
Leigh McCormack
Bud
Marjorie Yates
Mother
Anthony Watson
Kevin
Nicholas Lamont
John
Ayse Owens
Helen
Tina Malone
Edna
Jimmy Wilde
Curly
Robin Polley
Mr Nicholls
Peter Ivatts
Mr Bushell
Joy Blakeman
Frances
Denise Thomas
Jean
Patricia Morison
Amy
Gavin Mawdsley
Billy
Kirk McLaughlin
Labourer/Christ
Mark Heath
Black Man
Production
Company
Film Four International
Company
BFI
Company
Channel Four Films
Producer
Olivia Stewart
Recommended
7.4
Mr. Church
2016
7.6
Secrets & Lies
1996
7.1
A Taste of Honey
1961
6.9
Lilting
2014
6.7
Back to Black
2024
6.5
Helen
2009
7.3
The Hours
2002
6.4
Dad
1989
6.7
Judy
2019
6.7
The Railway Children
1970
6.9
Greyfriars Bobby
1961
6.5
Howl
2010
7.1
The Lovely Bones
2009
7.8
Sarah's Oil
2025
6.7
Tigertail
2020
6.7
The Human Voice
2020
7
Living
2022
6.3
The Secret Garden
2020
7.1
Giant Little Ones
2019
6.8
Woodlawn
2015
Similar Movies
7.4
Cold War
2018
6.9
Walk on Water
2004
7.2
A History of Violence
2005
7.1
8 Mile
2002
6.9
Paradise Now
2005
7.6
Billy Elliot
2000
7.6
All About My Mother
1999
6.7
Freak Show
2018
8
American Beauty
1999
6.6
The People's Joker
2024
1
Billy Boy
2021
5.2
Zero One
2019
3.4
Tropical Night
2017
5.9
The Man of the Crowd
2013
7.6
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
7
Together
2000
4.7
The Panti Sisters
2019
7.6
The Last Emperor
1987
6.8
Against the Law
2017
Esto no es Rusia
2014