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The Beat Generation (1983) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1983 · 31 mins · English
- Directed by
- Bob Spiers
- Starring
- Robbie Coltrane, Dawn French, Michael White, Jennifer Saunders, Peter Richardson, Rik Mayall
Set in a stark 1960s seaside villa, pretentious poet Alan, violent Kix and sexually driven Eleanor belong to a hedonistic beat‑poet colony that lives an unreal, self‑indulgent existence. After his girlfriend Jeremy leaves him, Alan yearns to join their circle, but the arrival of two outsiders and a chaotic party forces him to confront what truly matters.
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