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Ethel & Ernest

8.1 / 656 votes

UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 28th October 2016
Ethel & Ernest poster
Contains mild innuendo, threat and mild bad language. Suitable for 8 years and over.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 14th July 2024.
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Directed by:

Roger Mainwood

Written by:

Raymond Briggs and Roger Mainwood

Produced by:

Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding and Stéphan Roelants

Starring:

Pam Ferris, Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, Roger Allam, Luke Treadaway and Peter Wight

Genres:

Animation, Drama, History

Language:

English

Runtime:

1 hour 33 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

In 1928 London milk-man Ernest Briggs courts and marries house-maid Ethel, their son Raymond being born in 1934. When World War II breaks out Ethel tearfully allows him to be evacuated to aunts in Dorset whilst Ernest joins the fire service, shocked by the carnage he sees. As hostilities end they celebrate Raymond's return and entry to grammar school and the birth of the welfare state though Ethel is mistrustful of socialism and progress in general. Raymond himself progresses from National Service to art college and a teaching post, worrying his mother by marrying schizophrenic Jean. However father and son console each other as Ethel slips away but before long Raymond is mourning his father too though both Ethel and Ernest will forever be immortalized by Raymond's touching account of their lives.

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Ethel & Ernest Cast

Pam Ferris

Pam Ferris headshot

Date of Birth:

11 May 1948

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

5' 7" (1.7 m)

Recent/Upcoming Films:

Saving Santa

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent headshot

Date of Birth:

24 May 1949

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Recent/Upcoming Films:

Six Minutes to Midnight

Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn headshot

Date of Birth:

20 February 1946

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Roger Allam

Roger Allam headshot

Date of Birth:

26 October 1953

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

6' (1.83 m)

Luke Treadaway

Luke Treadaway headshot

Date of Birth:

10 September 1984

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Peter Wight

Peter Wight headshot

Date of Birth:

1950

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

Unknown

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