HOUSEWIFE 49

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: As the world fights for freedom in WWII, one woman struggles to liberate herself; ; Soon after England declared war on Germany in 1939, Lancashire housewife Nella Last began writing a diary as part of a public project. She was 49 and fearful that she wouldn’t be able to cope with her son’s enlistment and life alone with her domineering husband. This award-winning drama not only recounts her experience of wartime privations, but also her dawning sense of independence. Amid the hardships of food rations and air raids, Nella’s volunteer work for the war effort fills her with an exhilarating sense of purpose.; ; Written by and starring beloved British performer Victoria Wood, 'Housewife, 49' presents a moving glimpse into life on the home front through the eyes of a resolute woman gradually awakening to life.
• Cast: Jane Lowe, Dorothy Atkinson, Sian Brooke, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Laura Power, Jason Watkins, Daisy Haggard, Clare Wille, Alan Cox, Hugh Sachs, Georgie Glen, Samuel Roukin, Duncan Barton, Olwen May, Catherine Skinner, Sue Wallace, Norman Mills, Joseph P. Kennedy, Iain McKee, Richard Glaves, Jemma Drake, Danny Tennant, Victoria Wood, David Threlfall, Christopher Harper, Ben Crompton, Lorraine Ashbourne, Sally Bankes, Stephanie Cole, Wendy Nottingham, Gavin Millar
• Director: Gavin Millar
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: ITV Productions, Granada International, Acorn Media
• Media Format: movie