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Little Voice is the Nickname of Laura, an introverted young woman who lives with her brassy mother, and spends her time playing old records from her late, lamented father's collection. Hours spent listening to Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey and other show-stopping divas is the only means of escape from her dreary existence in a crumbling house in a seaside town. When her mother's own 'Elvis breath', the low-budget showbiz promoter, Ray Say, hears 'LV' imitating her heroines he soon hears the sound of shillings, pounds and pence.
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The film version of Jim Cartwright's acclaimed play starring Jane Horrocks (who played Little Voice in the stage play) and Michael Caine.Jane Horrocks (Little Voice) takes center stage as the 14-year-old Lancashire girl who can only relate to the world by mimicking the musical hits of pre-50s divas in her bedroom - a refuge from her widowed mother's sniping, boozing, and whoring. When Ray Say (Michael Caine), a tacky nightclub impresario, recognizes Little Voice's talent, her mother soon hears the sound of pounds, shilling, and pence. But as Little Voice finds herself coerced into the glitterball world of Ray and Mr. Boo, the fragile shell of her sanity begins to crack.
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