All is peachy with them, but Ornshaw isn’t too happy about his friend being otherwise occupied so friction develops between the two boys and the couple get in trouble with their family and the school when they demand to be able to get married now, not in the future as the law demands. He stalks her (in a well meaning 12 year old sort of way) until eventually Melody falls for his charms too. Daniel falls madly in love with Melody when he spies on her dancing at school. Melody is a good natured dreamer who lives in a council flat with her mother, grandmother and father, although the latter spends more time at the pub than home. That is until Melody (Tracy Hyde) comes on the scene. The two are from very different backgrounds, which cause a few issues, but generally they’re inseparable as they get into mischief at school and home. Daniel befriends a naughty but likeable lad called Ornshaw (Jack Wild, also of Oliver! fame). – what a hideous title!) is set in present day (early 70s) London and follows Daniel ( Oliver himself, Mark Lester), a middle class boy starting at a mixed comprehensive school with a range of likeminded young rascals. Rather than telling a period tale of burgeoning adulthood in rural Sweden though, Melody (a.k.a. I opened my review of My Life as a Dog this morning by professing my love for coming of age dramas, and what do you know, the other title I had to review today is another coming of age film. Starring: Mark Lester, Tracy Hyde, Jack Wild
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