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"Billy Liar"
1963
Directed by John Schlesinger

From an unsympathetic, working-class family and an insecure dead-end job, Billy Fisher (Tom Courtenay) dreams of escape. Freewheeling Liz (Julie Christie) comes into his life and offers the harassed hero new possibilities. Fine, "kitchen sink"-era British filmmaking. "...a charming nouvelle vague tagalong, a coltish little brother to Breathless" (Jessica Winter, The Village Voice).  98 minutes.