Movie: When the Pie Was Opened

Top 2 Billed Cast

Valerie Forrest
Valerie Forrest

The Girl

Hilda Masters
Hilda Masters

The Mother

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    Surrealism, avant-garde sound montage, and irreverent wit might be the last thing you'd expect from a government-sponsored film about wartime cookery. But director, artist, animator and all-round firework of a man Len Lye specialised in the unexpected. A simple tale of a mother cheering up her daughter with a pie from her rationing-stricken pantry (interestingly the war is never directly referred to) is skilfully crafted into a work of real artistic depth, while retaining an unpretentious charm.

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    1941-01-01

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    7.5

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    3.8 starts
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    English
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