

Two young men and a sultry divorcee flee their drab hometown existence, taking to the road in a bubblegum pink chevrolet.
Acting
Baby Clive Owen smolders; Diana Quick's weary magnetism.
Direction
Kidron's debut captures Thatcher-era desperation with visual poetry.

Director
Beeban Kidron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beeban Kidron's feature debut; she'd later direct Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and become Baroness Kidron.
Part of a brief 1980s wave of British 'road movies' — rare for a nation that loves staying put and complaining about it.