Absolute Beginners 1986

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

Cast:

Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator 

Patsy Kensit
Suzette 

James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen 

David Bowie
Vendice Partners 

Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad 

Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum 

• Absolute Beginners (Principiantes)