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Wah-Wah
2006
A 14-year-old British boy returns to his home in colonial Swaziland to find that his father has remarried a free-spirited American woman that he has known for six weeks. A semi-autobiographical coming of age story by actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), WAH-WAH is set in the late 1960s in Swaziland, as the country is set to .. Read more
| Starring | Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters, Nicholas Hoult |
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| Director | Richard E. Grant |
| Genres | Drama |
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Wah-Wah
A 14-year-old British boy returns to his home in colonial Swaziland to find that his father has remarried a free-spirited American woman that he has known for six weeks. A semi-autobiographical coming of age story by actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), WAH-WAH is set in the late 1960s in Swaziland, as the country is set to be handed back by the British to the native people. Ralph Compton is an 11-year-old boy who witnesses his mother's adultery with his father's best friend. His parents subsequently divorce and Ralph is sent to boarding school. His father Harry descends into alcoholism as--allied to the betrayal by his wife and best friend--his position as Minister of Education is set to end with the onset of independence. Ralph returns home at the age of 14 to find that Harry has married an American ex-air hostess called Ruby, who he has known for six weeks. Ruby ridicules the snobbery of the colonials and forges a bond with Harry. Grant's film is a moving account of the breakdown of a family, juxtaposed with the breakdown of the British Empire.
| Starring | Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters, Nicholas Hoult, Miranda Richardson |
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| Director | Richard E. Grant |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2006 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 14 Aug 2009 To Rent: DVD: 16 Oct 2006 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
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Brilliant...extraordinarily moving and profound, yet full of humour
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A touch of nostalgia but a bit of a bore
Apart from a smattering of nostalgia there was not much else to celebrate about this. The storyline is quite ordinary although a reasonable depiction of ... read more »
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A charming yet unpredictable film
This was a fun yet at times odd film
I found it fun to watch and it's definitely worth a watch
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Wah-Wah 2006
Having read the book of the making of this film by Richard E. Grant which I found quite enthralling, I was hugely disappointed when I watched it. The struggle ... read more »
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Grant gets Edinburgh Film Festival underway
- 18 Aug 2005
The Edinburgh Film Festival has opened with Wah-Wah, the directorial debut of Richard E Grant. The film boasts a strong cast including Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson and Julie Walters. The film tells the story of a family in Swaziland as British rule comes to a close, a far cry from films Grant starred in such as Withnail And I, Jack And Sarah and Spice World. Some 50 films will enjoy their first screening at the festival, including another British offering, Asylum, which... Read more
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Wah-Wah
A 14-year-old British boy returns to his home in colonial Swaziland to find that his father has remarried a free-spirited American woman that he has known for six weeks. A semi-autobiographical coming of age story by actor Richard E. Grant (WITHNAIL AND I), WAH-WAH is set in the late 1960s in ...
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