Tan', a 'Pale Ale and Lime' and a 'Rum and Pep' (Rum and Peppermint). Cast Pete Postlethwaite – Father / Tommy Davies Freda Dowie – Mother / Nell Davies Lorraine Ashbourne – Maisie Davies Angela Walsh – Eileen Davies Dean Williams – Tony Davies Jean Boht – Aunty Nell Michael Starke – Dave Andrew Schofield – Les Debi Jones – Micky Chris Darwin – Red Vincent Maguire – George Pauline Quirke – Doreen Toni Mallen – Rose Crew Editor – William Diver Cinematography – William Diver & Patrick Duval Camera Operator – Harriet Cox Reception The film won the Film of the Year awarded by the London Film Critics' Circle and the Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. It tied with "Story of Women for the best foreign film award voted by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. In a 2011 poll carried out by Time Out of the 100 greatest British films of all time, Distant Voices, Still Lives was ranked third. The Independent ranked the film at number 6 in its top 20 British films of all time. The film received 12 votes – 11 from critics, and one from director Carlos Reygadas – in the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound polls. As of May 2020, Distant Voices, Still Lives holds a rating of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes from 40 reviews. Box Office The film made £480,000 in the UK. See also BFI Top 100 British films References External links 1988 films British drama films Films set in Liverpool LGBT culture in Liverpool Films directed by Terence Davies Golden Leopard winners 1980s English-language films