We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.
Release Date: 1961-10-01
Rating:7.1 / 10(118 votes)
Status: Released
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 100 min
Director: Tony Richardson
Writer: Shelagh Delaney
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
