We Never Do What They Want

An everyday story of Alternative Society folk, beginning in 1969. It traced the developing relationship of three people from then until present 1978. Frank, a radical social worker just out of mental hospital after a nervous breakdown, was being nursed back to health by Linda, a hairdresser, in the absence of his 'girl friend. Joanna, on a social work project. By the second scene. Frank and Linda were married with a baby daughter, and Frank had opted for a cushy teaching job in a middle class school and even betrayed his Left-wing idealism to the point of joining the Labour Party.

Directed by Moira Armstrong, We Never Do What They Want leans on a strong ensemble — Paola Dionisotti, Louise Hall-Taylor, Harry Meacher — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1978.