SHIRLEY VALENTINE Original Daybill Movie poster Pauline Collins Tom Conti

Shirley Valentine (1989)

Directed by Lewis Gilbert.

With Pauline Collins, Tom Conti

Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title, which follows middle-aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself, and rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life.