Wah-Wah (2005)

Directors

Richard E. Grant

Cast

Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Julie Walters, Nicholas Hoult, Miranda Richardson

The story

In this semi-autobiographical tale of his childhood in Swaziland during the last days of the British Empire in Africa in the 1960s, Grant relates the story of Ralph Compton, whose family's disintegration mirrors the end of British rule. After witnessing his mother's adultery with his father's best friend, Ralph must survive not only boarding school but also his beloved father's remarriage to Ruby, a fast-talking American Airlines flight attendant, and his father's gradual descent into alcoholism.

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