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An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure

"In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings"

6.6(63 votes)
1995
1h 53m
RomanceDramaComedy

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.

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Budget:$4,000,000
Revenue:$851,545
Companies:
Fine Line Features
British Screen Productions
Portman Productions

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

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