Short film
The Obelisk
1977 · 30 min
A quiet, wistful seaside stroll that lingers on small flirtations and unspoken disappointments, gently bittersweet and faintly comic.
- Directed by
- Giles Foster
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Rosemary Martin, Peter Sallis, Keith Drinkel
- Tagline
- A trip with love and new friends.
- Overview
- A seaside resort in 1938. For Hilda, it seems as if romance almost died when she married school teacher Ernest. Only the movies can keep this spark alive. As she follows her pompous husband up the cliff walk to visit the obelisk, she wonders how he will react to the two sailors who want to join them.The boisterous Tiny is rather coarse, but his friend Stan has lovely manners and such very blue eyes....
- How it feels
- Melancholic, warm, whimsical and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, identity, class, betrayal
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Giles Foster
- Genres
- Drama, Tv movie
- Starring
- Rosemary Martin, Peter Sallis, Keith Drinkel
