Shirley Valentine
| Shirley Valentine | |
|---|---|
| File:Shirley Valentine movie poster.jpg Walters & Caine | |
| Directed by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Written by | Willy Russell (also play) |
| Produced by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Starring | Pauline Collins Tom Conti |
| Music by | Marvin Hamlisch |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | October 30, 1989 US release |
Running time | 108 min |
| Language | English |
Shirley Valentine is a play by Willy Russell, first staged in 1986. The play was a one-woman show, entirely narrated by the title character, and appeared in the West End in 1988.
In 1989 it was adapted into a movie starring Pauline Collins.
Shirley Valentine is an ordinary housewife in northern England. Now married to Joe Bradshaw, and with adult children she realises that her life has become one of routine, thanks largely to the expectations placed on her by her family. She resolves to break with the monotony by fulfilling a dream of flying to Greece for a vacation. Leaving her husband a note to explain where she has gone, and a large number of frozen meals, she takes off.
In Greece she has a holiday romance with a local restaurant owner, named Costas, and feels freedom. She stays on in Greece after the end of the vacation, not for him (he has already moved on to a new romance) but for the life. She finds her home cooking skills in demand by the British tourists. In the end Joe goes to Greece to talk to her but then the movie ends
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