''Coming Up Roses'' () is a 1986

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...

comedy film. It was directed by

Stephen Bayly Stephen Bayly (born July 7, 1942) is an American born British film producer and director. His film '' Coming Up Roses'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Bayly was director of the National Film an ...

and starred

Dafydd Hywel Dafydd Hywel (4 December 1945 – 23 March 2023) was a Welsh actor who worked extensively in television roles and films in both Welsh and English medium since 1969. He is best known for playing Glen Brennig in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series '' ...

, Gillian Elisa and Mari Emlyn. The film was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. The film centres on the closure of the last small town cinema in

South Wales South Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the Historic counties of Wales, historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire ( ...

and the community's efforts to pull together to save the cinema.

Cast

as Trevor *

Iola Gregory Eirian Iola Gregory (15 September 1946 – 21 November 2017) was a British actress. She was best known for her role as Jean McGurk in the long-running S4C soap series '' Pobol y Cwm''. Early life Gregory's mother, Millicent "Millie" Gregory, wa ...

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

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* 1986 films 1986 comedy-drama films British comedy-drama films Films directed by Stephen Bayly Films set in a movie theatre Films set in Wales Welsh films Welsh-language films 1980s British films {{wales-film-stub