Film

A Taste of Honey

We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.

7.0

1h 40m

1961

“We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.”

Synopsis

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

Director

Tony Richardson

Trailer

Drama

friendshipsingle parentparent child relationshipbased on play or musicalfamily relationshipscoming of ageinterracial relationshipworking classsingle motherteenage pregnancykitchen sink realismfree cinema