
Blue Black Permanent
1992 · Movie · 82 min · ★ 5.6
Tait’s debut feature is a haunting and magical film about a daughter’s attempts to come to terms with her mother’s mysterious death, not only through examining her own childhood memories but also going back further in time, to tales of her mother’s own childhood.
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Details
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-08-28
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 82 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (15 votes)
Themes
- woman director
Cast & crew

Celia Imrie
as Barbara Thorburn

Jack Shepherd
as Philip Lomax

James Fleet
as Jim Thorburn
- GS
Gerda Stevenson
as Greta Thorburn

Sean Scanlan
as Andrew Cunningham
- HM
Hilary Maclean
as Wendy
- WL
Walter Leask
as Sam Kelday
- SM
Sheana Marr
as Mrs. Kemp
- EM
Eoin MacDonald
as Dan of Fea
- JM
Jimmy Moar
as Billy Spence
Directed by Margaret Tait