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The Family Way (1966)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Following the wedding of young Jenny Piper and Arthur Fitton (Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett), a rowdy reception is held at a local pub where the newlyweds are subjected to much well-meaning but vulgar ribaldry. The couple returns to the Fitton home to spend their first night together before leaving for a honeymoon in Majorca, but they are followed by some of the wedding guests who keep the party going until early morning. Worse yet, when the youngsters finally are permitted to retire, their bed collapses as the result of a practical joke.
Style:
touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
honeymoon, family relations, bowling, marriage, virginity, divorce, the beatles, newlyweds, sex, loss of virginity, wedding night, travel agent, marital problem, privacy, parents and children, family life, love and romance, grownups, meet the parents, sexual relations, couples, small town, sexual dysfunction, nothing goes right, social relations ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england
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Duration: 112 min.
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 105 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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