Absolute Beginners

Overview

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Release Date

04 April 1986

108 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Vendice Partners
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Flora, Colin's Mum
Big Jill
Fabulous Hoplite
The Fanatic
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)