Kate Brady (Rita Tushingham) is a young single girl living with her best friend Baba Brennan (Lynn Redgrave) in Dublin. They had gone to convent school together. She meets middle aged writer Eugene Gaillard (Peter Finch).
Tushingham was a British it girl for a moment in the 60's. She's not a Bond girl. Instead, she has an awkward fresh innocence. Lynn Redgrave was another awkward fresh faced girl. Her height gave her that awkwardness. The age difference with Peter Finch is interesting although I don't think it mattered especially back in the day. I assumed that he's hiding a marriage so that's not a surprise. It is a slice of Irish life of that time. Him getting a divorce was probably a much bigger deal than the age difference. This movie is really about Tushingham.
Tushingham was a British it girl for a moment in the 60's. She's not a Bond girl. Instead, she has an awkward fresh innocence. Lynn Redgrave was another awkward fresh faced girl. Her height gave her that awkwardness. The age difference with Peter Finch is interesting although I don't think it mattered especially back in the day. I assumed that he's hiding a marriage so that's not a surprise. It is a slice of Irish life of that time. Him getting a divorce was probably a much bigger deal than the age difference. This movie is really about Tushingham.