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The Old Devils (1992)
Director: Tristram Powell
Cast: John Stride, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, Elizabeth Morgan
Runtime158 min
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An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
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The Old Devils, a 1992 film directed by Tristram Powell, is an adaptation of the Kingsley Amis novel that explores the lives of a group of university friends reunited in retirement. While the film's reception has been somewhat mixed, it is considered a thoughtful examination of aging, friendship, and the complexities of human relationships.
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The Old Devils is a novel by Kingsley Amis, published in 1986. It won the Booker Prize. Alun Weaver, a writer of modest celebrity, returns to his native Wales with his wife, Rhiannon, sometime girlfriend of Weaver's old acquaintance Peter Thomas. Alun begins associating with a group of former friends, including Peter, all of whom have continued to live locally while he was away. Drinking daily in the pub with the men, he cuckolds most of them.
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