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((Other uses|Between Two Women (disambiguation)((!))Between Two Women))
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'''''Between Two Women''''' is a 2000 [[historical drama|historical]] film by [[United Kingdom|British]] writer-director [[Steven Woodcock (film director)|Steven Woodcock]].<ref>British Council Brit Films catalogue.</ref> It tells the story of Ellen, a factory worker's wife trapped in an unhappy marriage amidst the grime and industrial noise of northern [[England]].

==Plot==
Working class Ellen ([[Barbara Marten]]) makes friends with her young son's middle-class schoolteacher, Kathy, also known as Miss Thompson ([[Andrina Carroll]]).

As the two bond over Ellen's son's Victor's outstanding talent for drawing, a relationship blossoms between the two women.

Ellen's husband constantly criticises Ellen and Victor, and their relationship is shown to be hostile and abusive. Ellen's husband, a mill worker, is unable to see the value of the art Victor creates, and is distrustful of his wife. He is also hurt and embarrassed when a piece of Victor's work sells for almost as much as he earns from his monthly wage.

Ultimately,  with no warning, Kathy moves away - but writes to Ellen. They meet, and admit their feelings for one another.

By the end of the film, Ellen's relationship with her husband has completely failed and he has moved out of the family home. Calmer than he had been, he states that she is still his wife and he will still come home to visit.

Later, Ellen takes a train with Victor to meet Kathy, implying hope for the future.

==Cast==
((castlist|
* [[Barbara Marten]] as Ellen Hardy
* [[Andrina Carroll]] as Kathy
* [[Andrew Dunn (actor)|Andrew Dunn]] as Geoff Hardy
* [[Bruce Alexander (actor)|Bruce Alexander]] as Mr. Butterworth, Headmaster
* [[Genevieve Atlas]] as School Secretary (billed as Genny Atlas)
* [[Tony Barton (actor)|Tony Barton]] as Tom
* [[Robert Beal (actor)|Robert Beal]] as Postman
* [[Duggie Brown]] as Mr. Britchenor
* Benjamin Campbell as Britchenor
* Glenn Cunningham as Journalist
* [[Julia Deakin]] as Alice
* [[Anne Dobell]] as Woman in Guest House
* [[Dinah Handley]] as Landlady
* [[William Ilkley]] as Frank
* [[Pauline Jefferson]] as Mrs. Parkin, Teacher
* [[Eileen O'Brien (actress)|Eileen O'Brien]] as Mrs. Walker
* [[Margaret Pardoe]] as Cleaning Woman
* [[Alan Partington]] as Mr. Pugh, Teacher
* [[Eric Potts]] as Mr. Hathershaw
* [[Michael Rookledge]] as Man on Beach
* [[Paul Shane]] as Mayor
* [[Michael Wardle]] as Man in Guest House
* [[Lori Wells]] as Mrs. Britchenor
* [[Frank Windsor]] as Mr. Walker
* [[Edward Woodcock]] as Victor
))

==Style==
The stifling social conventions of the 1950s are at the root of the movie's [[poetic]] and very understated style. In the [[DVD documentary]] ''The Making of Between Two Women'' (only on UK DVD) Steven Woodcock says that Miss Thompson was originally intended to be a man but he couldn't get the story to work. He claims not to have based the story of the two women on anything that happened to him in real life but that it came as a flash of inspiration when he woke up one morning.<ref>''The Making of Between Two Women'' (Oddyssey Video, 2006)</ref>

The movie is in the tradition of the British northern-set [[kitchen sink drama]] and is a homage to the [[British New Wave]] of the late 1950s and early 1960s, being filmed in the same naturalistic way, drawing on [[Cinéma vérité]] and using entirely real locations. The main difference is that the theme of a lesbian relationship across the class divide in a gritty working class setting would have been unlikely to be acceptable in the 50s.

==Background and production==
The movie was shot mostly in and around [[Huddersfield]] and [[Rochdale]] during the summer and autumn of 1999. The film won Best Feature Film Award at the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]-backed [[New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival]] soon after release.<ref name="britfilms1">British Council website cataloguing British film directors. ((cite web|url=http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id%3DD9CC70591895f22BAERlV3C925F9 |title=Between Two Women |access-date=2010-01-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112235605/http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D9CC70591895f22BAERlV3C925F9 |archive-date=12 November 2006 |df=dmy ))</ref> It has been screened in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] at the [[Directors Guild of America]]. It has been shown on British TV more than 250 times.<ref>''It's the book of the film!'' Article in Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 9 December 2004. http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14961533&method=full&siteid=50060&headline=it-s-the-book-of-the-film--name_page.html</ref>

Despite a British setting and cast, the film was released on DVD by [[Image Entertainment]] in [[United States|America]] before the UK, to some good reviews in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.<ref name="britfilms1" />

==US vs UK versions==
The Region 2 UK version (79 mins) is shorter than the Region 1 US version (93 mins) and is the preferred version of the director. The UK version also contains the behind-the-scenes documentaries, giving nearly an hour of extras with the trailer.

The second documentary on the UK DVD is about deleted scenes and in it Woodcock explains why he remastered the movie in 2005 and cut it back by about 15 minutes for the 2006 British release. He advises he thought these scenes of interaction between the two women worked in the novel but slowed the story down on screen.<ref>DVD documentary ''Between Two Women: Deleted Scenes''. (Oddyssey Video. 2006.)</ref> The documentary also shows complete scenes and parts of scenes that were filmed but not included in either the US or UK versions of the movie.

Ellen's son Victor was played by Edward Woodcock, the director's son in real life.

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((IMDb title|0319056))
* http://film.britishcouncil.org/between-two-women

[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:British drama films]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Films set in 1957]]
[[Category:Lesbian-related films]]
[[Category:2000 drama films]]
[[Category:2000 LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:British LGBT-related films]]
[[Category:LGBT-related drama films]]
[[Category:2000s British films]]
[[Category:English-language drama films]]

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