''Coming Up Roses'' ( cy, Rhosyn a Rhith) is a 1986

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has ...

comedy film. It was directed by

Stephen Bayly Stephen Bayly (born July 7, 1942) is an American 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 and Television Sch ...

and starred

Dafydd Hywel Dafydd Hywel is a Welsh actor who has worked extensively in television roles and movies in both Welsh and English medium since 1969. He is best known for playing Glen Brennig in the Sky1 TV comedy drama series ''Stella Stella or STELLA may refe ...

Gillian Elisa Gillian Elizabeth Thomas (born 10 August 1953) is a Welsh actress, singer, and comedian. Early in her career she was known as Gillian Elisa Thomas. Early life and education Elisa was born in Carmarthen, Wales, and brought up in Lampeter; she b ...

and Mari Emlyn. The film was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning '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 ...

section at the

1986 Cannes Film Festival The 39th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 1986. The Palme d'Or went to '' The Mission'' by Roland Joffé. The festival opened with ''Pirates'', directed by Roman Polanski and closed with ''El Amor brujo'', directed by Carlos Saura ...

. The film centres on the closure of the last small town cinema in

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a 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 Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

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 Welsh 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, was a ...

as Mona *

as Sian * Mari Emlyn as June *

Ifan Huw Dafydd Ifan may refer to: People * Ifan (given name), list of people with this name * Ifan Evans (born 1983), Welsh rugby union player * Wil Ifan * The nickname of Riefian Fajarsyah of a former Seventeen member, disbanded by 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami. ...

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 1986 comedy films 1986 drama films 1980s British films {{wales-film-stub