# A Taste of Honey (1961)

> A fiercely independent teenager builds an improvised family with a gay friend while poverty, pregnancy, and her domineering mother test their fragile refuge.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14844

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Tony Richardson
- Cast: Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Michael Bilton, Eunice Black, David Boliver
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055506/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: wistful, bitter, intimate, arthouse film night, british new wave retrospective

## Synopsis

A poignant exploration of unconventional family dynamics and the search for belonging.

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