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Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest

2016Movie⏱️ 1h 34mNot Rated
AnimationDramaHistory
7.7
IMDB Rating
4,360 votes

The life and times of the parents of the hailed British graphic novelist Raymond Briggs.

Director
Roger Mainwood
Writers
Raymond Briggs, Roger Mainwood
Stars
Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, Luke Treadaway
Release Date
February 20, 2018
Language
English, German, French
Country
United Kingdom, Luxembourg
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 9
Nominations
💬 34
Reviews
📋 9.3K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent
as Ernest Briggs
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn
as Ethel Briggs
Luke Treadaway
Luke Treadaway
as Raymond Briggs
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Macready Massey
as Teenage Raymond Briggs
Harry Collett
Harry Collett
as Young Raymond Briggs
Roger Allam
Roger Allam
as 1930s Doctor
June Brown
June Brown
as Ernest's Stepmother
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Karyn Claydon
as Jean
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Simon Day
as Alf
Pam Ferris
Pam Ferris
as Mrs. Bennet

💰 Box Office

$179,227
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), British Film Institute (BFI), Ffilm Cymru Wales

🏷️ Keywords

based on comic bookbased on graphic novelcryingvictory in europe daywartime blackout

🎯 Categories

Hand-Drawn AnimationAnimationDramaHistory

⭐ Featured Review

A sublime and moving ode to ordinary people's lives
by robert-temple-12016-12-28
10/10

"What a wonderful thing Raymond Briggs has done. This magnificent, sensitive and funny animated film about the lives of his parents Ethel and Ernest is a triumph. It surpasses even his famous THE SNOWMAN (1982) and, I daresay, is what he will truly be remembered for. In this age in which we live at present, when the ordinary people are rising up in revolt against their snotty and arrogant politicians, in what the elites patronisingly call 'populism' (and what is wrong with the populus, then, that it should become a term of derision?), we have here the perfect paean to real life, to re..."

💡 Did You Know?

As a wartime evacuee, the young Raymond is seen sketching a snowman based on a Christmas cake figurine. In 1978 'The Snowman' would become Raymond Briggs' most famous and successful book.

📖 Synopsis

The life and times of the parents of the hailed British graphic novelist Raymond Briggs.