A Taste of Honey

Name: A Taste of Honey
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961-10-01
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens

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We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.

7.0(109 votes)

1961

1h 40m

Drama

friendshipsingle parentparent child relationshipbased on play or musicalfamily relationshipscoming of ageinterracial relationshipworking classsingle motherteenage pregnancy

Overview

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.