Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

1989 · 1 hr 48 min · R

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Directors

Lewis Gilbert

Actors

  • Pauline Collins
  • Tom Conti
  • Julia McKenzie

Summary

Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.

More about this movie

Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife,who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life to how she used to be, and feels stagnated and in a rut. But when she best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a better light.

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