Creative Wales

Eisteddfod revives ‘flawless’ Ealing-style comedy Rhosyn a Rhith

Iola Gregory and Dafydd Hywel stand looking into the camera, the former holding a baby

Produced by Red Rooster Films for S4C, the film is set in South Wales in the aftermath of the miners’ strike in the mid-80s. Adapted by Urien Wiliam from Ruth Carter’s original script, Coming Up Roses, it was the first Welsh language film to receive a UK theatrical release when it was screened (with English subtitles) in 1987.