Movie
Wah-Wah
Drama film with a runtime of 96 minutes, released in 2005. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Actor and author Richard E. Grant made his directorial debut with this period comedy drama inspired by his own experiences growing up in colonial Africa in the sixties. Ralph Compton (Zachary Fox) is the 11-year old son of Harry (Gabriel Byrne), the minister of education in the British-controlled African nation of Swaziland. While Harry is a likeable and well-connected man, his marriage to Lauren (Miranda Richardson) is on shaky ground, and when he learns she's been having an affair with one of his best friends, she leaves him and he begins drinking heavily. Harry sends Ralph to boarding school when things start to get unpleasant, and after two years he returns home to discover that some changes have been made. Ralph (now played by Nicholas Hoult) finds that his father is still drinking, but seems a more relaxed and better adjusted man -- and has just remarried, having tied the knot with Ruby (Emily Watson), a former stewardess from America. Ralph naturally resists Ruby's presence in the house, but the two become close, as Ruby indicates that she understands Ralph better than anyone else (and he senses the same). Meanwhile, the British start to withdraw from Swaziland. Wah-Wah received its world premiere at the 2005 Edinburgh Film Festival.
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Cast
- Gabriel Byrne
- Miranda Richardson
- Nicholas Hoult
- Emily Watson
- Julie Walters
- Celie Imrie
- Fenella Woolgar
- Julian Wadham
- Fenella Wollgar
- Zachary Fox
- Ian Roberts
- Michael Richard
- Sid Mitchell
- Olivia Grant
- John Matshikiza
- Zac Fox
- Celia Imrie
- Joel Phiri
- Richard E. Grant
- Gary Williamson
- Pierre Aïm
- Celestia Fox
- Julia Blackman
- Sheena Napier
- Isabelle Dedieu
- Richard Field
- Chris Curling
- Jeremy Nathan
- Dominique Levert
