A Shocking Accident (1982)

6.4/10 • 25 min • Comedy Romance

Overview

A Shocking Accident is a 1982 British short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. About a boy whose father is killed in Naples, when a pig falls on him as a balcony collapses. The incident haunts the boy through his later life until he meets a girl who understands his side of the story. The film won an Oscar at the 55th Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short and was nominated for BAFTA in 1983.

Cast

Rupert Everett

Jerome Weathersby

Jenny Seagrove

Barbara Hicks

Benjamin Whitrow

Tim Seely

Richenda Carey

Sophie Ward

Daniel Chatto

Recommendations

Let's Make Love

Relative Values

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Girl on a Bicycle

The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure

I Love You Again

Love Is in the Air

A Hollywood Christmas

Watching the Detectives

This Little Love of Mine

Christmas with You

The Other End of the Line

The Disorderly Orderly

Send Me No Flowers

The Prince and the Showgirl