I Was Happy Here

I Was Happy Here
Directed by Desmond Davis
Screenplay by Edna O'Brien
Desmond Davis
Based on story A Woman by the Seaside by Edna O'Brien
Starring Sarah Miles
Music by John Addison
Cinematography Manny Wynn
Edited by Brian Smedley-Aston
Production
company
Partisan Productions
The Rank Organisation
Distributed by Rank Organisation
Release date
 July 1966 (UK)
Running time
 91 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English

I Was Happy Here is a 1966 drama film directed by Desmond Davis. The film won three awards at the 1966 San Sebastián International Film Festival.[1] The film was released in the U.S. as Time Lost and Time Remembered.[2]

Plot

Cass followed the bright lights to London, but was quickly disillusioned. She met (and married) Doctor Langdon, and soon realized she wanted to return to her home by the sea, and her first love Colin.

Cast

Filming locations

The movie was filmed in Lahinch, County Clare, Ireland and Twickenham Studios, London, England.[3]

Critical reception

Allmovie noted "a softly beautiful, hauntingly poetic little film, a fragile piece of filmmaking that in other hands could come off as either unbearably precious or pretentious. Fortunately, Time is shepherded by Desmond Davis, who handles the material with just the right degree of sensitivity;"[4] however, Time Out called it "A horribly pretentious and sentimental film which still manages to retain a degree of emotional power, with moments of real intensity and conviction...The film is certainly much better than Davis' earlier Irish story The Girl with Green Eyes (also adapted from Edna O'Brien), but it's dogged by the awful tricks of overemphasis which he seems to have learned from his patron Tony Richardson";[5] while TV Guide thought it, "Slow in pace, with beautiful photography and fine acting, this is a well-told tale of disenchantment and resignation."[6]

References

  1. ↑ "I Was Happy Here" – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ↑ "Time Lost and Time Remembered (1966) - Desmond Davis - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. ↑ "I was Happy Here". Irish Film London.
  4. ↑ "Time Lost and Time Remembered (1966) - Desmond Davis - Review - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. ↑ "I Was Happy Here".
  6. ↑ "Time Lost And Time Remembered". TVGuide.com.
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