Little Voice is a 1998 British drama film with music written and directed by Mark Herman. The screenplay is based on the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright. Set primarily in a working-class home in Scarborough where the fuses constantly blow and what little food there is in the refrigerator has turned rancid, the film narrates the story of reclusive, shy, agoraphobic young Laura Hoff, commonly known as Little Voice or LV , who seems to display many of the symptoms of selective mutism, an anxiety disorder similar to social phobia. Little Voice was given her nickname... because of her shy retiring manner. She spends her time obsessively listening to her deceased father's extensive array of vintage recordings by such all-time singing greats as Édith Piaf, Judy Garland, and Shirley Bassey. Impersonating their performances is an escape and her only source of unalloyed joy. Her mother, Mari , is a brazen woman who seduces many men, soon discarding them when her lust fades. Her hardest endeavours to find another man notwithstanding, Mari keeps failing to achieve this goal upon which she has set her heart.
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| Release date: | December 4, 1998 |
| Directed by: | Mark Herman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | Andy Collins |
| Screenplay by: | Mark Herman |
| Adapted from: | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice |
| Genre: | Musical, Comedy |