Fireworks for Elspeth

Name: Fireworks for Elspeth
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Genre: Romance, TV Movie
Released: 1983-10-02
Duration: 51 min
Cast: Fiona Shaw, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Robert Addie, Simon Cowell-Parker, Katy Durham-Matthews

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1983 · 51 min · Romance · TV Movie

Overview

Will they starve her? Shave her head? Force her to wear a hair shirt? Elspeth's friends and family react with horror, grief and even derision to her desire to become a nun. She experiences her parents' hurt, her fiancee's feeling of betrayal, her friends' incomprehension - and her own obstinate joy.

Directed by Alvin Rakoff

Cast

Fiona Shaw — Elspeth
Barbara Leigh-Hunt — Mrs. Erskine
Robert Addie — Larry
Simon Cowell-Parker — Colin
Katy Durham-Matthews — Young Elspeth