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Birthday Girl

2002 · 120 min

A quiet, heartfelt gathering where warmth and unspoken sadness sit side by side, drawing you into the secrets beneath the celebration.

Directed by
Morag Fullarton
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Sarah Lancashire, Emma Fielding, Mina Anwar
Overview
A woman decides to celebrate her recovery from leukaemia by throwing a party. But before the big night, she discovers that the illness has returned. She decides to postpone telling everyone until the aprty is over, but during the evening she discovers that she is not the only one with a secret.

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Directed by
Morag Fullarton
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Sarah Lancashire, Emma Fielding, Mina Anwar
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • friendship
  • deception
  • healing
Places
  • home
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
tv movie, drama
Directed by
Morag Fullarton
Written by
Jonathan Harvey
Starring
Sarah Lancashire, Emma Fielding, Mina Anwar, Julia Ford, Ciarán McMenamin, Peter Gunn, Paul Higgins, Christine Mackie
Runtime
120 min
Country
United Kingdom

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