Between Two Women

Between Two Women

She discovered love in the most unlikely place...

Directed by Steven Woodcock

Produced by North Country Pictures Ltd.

200492 min5.3 / 10

A restrained, melancholic drama about forbidden desire between two women in 1950s Britain, exploring the tension between social constraint and emotional authenticity.

Set in a Yorkshire milltown in 1957, Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ten-year-old son, Victor. The family has recently moved house and Victor has started at a new school where Ellen has become friendly with his teacher, Kathy Thompson, who is keen to encourage him at art. As the friendship between the two women grows, Ellen's millworker husband, Hardy, feels increasingly alienated at home.

Questions people ask

  • Is Between Two Women sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Between Two Women violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Between Two Women scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Between Two Women easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Does Between Two Women end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity55

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Between Two Women, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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