Coming Up Roses

Coming Up Roses (Welsh: Rhosyn a Rhith) is a 1986 Welsh language comedy film. It was directed by Stephen Bayly and starred Dafydd Hywel, Gillian Elisa and Mari Emlyn. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

For the Curve song, see Coming Up Roses (song). For the Elliott Smith song, see Elliott Smith (album).

Coming Up Roses
Directed byStephen Bayly
Produced byLinda James
Written byRuth Carter
StarringDafydd Hywel
CinematographyDick Pope
Edited byScott Thomas
Release date
  • May 1986 (1986-05)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageWelsh

The film centres on the closure of the last small town cinema in South Wales and the community's efforts to pull together to save the cinema.

Cast
  • Dafydd Hywel as Trevor
  • Iola Gregory as Mona
  • Gillian Elisa as Sian
  • Mari Emlyn as June
  • Ifan Huw Dafydd as Dave
  • Rowan Griffiths as Pete
  • Olive Michael as Gwen
  • Bill Paterson as Mr. Valentine
  • W. J. Phillips as Eli Davies
  • Clyde Pollitt as Councillor
  • Mike Lewis as Trevor's Son

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: Coming Up Roses". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-15.


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