A Kind of Loving (1962)

112 min · Marital Tragedy, Romantic Drama, Social Drama, drama film, melodrama

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Directors

John Schlesinger

Cast

Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird, Bert Palmer, Malcolm Patton, Gwen Nelson

The story

Victor 'Vic' Brown is a draughtsman in a Manchester factory who sleeps with typist Ingrid Rothwell, who also works there. She falls for him but he is less enamoured of her. When he learns he has made her pregnant Vic proposes marriage and the couple move in with Ingrid's protective, domineering mother, who disapproves of the match.

Catalogue themes and tags

Bad Mother-in-Law, Bestimmung, Couple, Cutting the Cord, Ehepaar, Family Planning, First Time, Hochzeit, Honeymoon, Husband Wife Relationship, Just Married, Lebenskrise, Lebensweise, Loss of Child, Lovestory, Marital Problems, Marital Row, Marriage Crisis, Parents Kids Relationship, Relationship Stress, Step Mother, Unfälle, Unwillingly pregnant, Virgin, schwanger, sexy, Kitchen sink realism, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Drama, British New Wave

Genres

Marital Tragedy, Romantic Drama, Social Drama, drama film, melodrama

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