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The Moon over the Alley

Flipside • Musical, UR

The Moon Over the Alley reunited Duffer writer/directors Joseph Despins and William Dumaresq, with this strange London-set musical, again scored by Galt MacDermont (Hair). The film explores the problems facing the multicultural residents in a Notting Hill boarding house of the early 1970s, destined for demolition. Dark and disturbing, yet also dreamlike and tender, this astonishing film defies all categorisation.

Tags
Notting Hill
Cast
Doris Fishwick Sybil
Peter Farrell Akki
Erna May Bertha Gusset
Crew
Joseph Despins director

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