简介：LocarnoInternationalFilmFestival Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s) 1971 Won GoldenLeopard BestSecondWork BarneyPlatts-Mills http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Platts-Mills PrivateRoadisacharacter-drivendramathatsympatheticallylooksattheBritishmiddleclassesandsociety'sfuturewithadegreeofromanticismandscepticism.AnnHalpern(SusanPenhaligon)isfromasuburbanmiddle-classfamilyinEsher.Sheworksasasecretaryforapublisher,whereshecomesintocontactwithaspiringyoungwriterPeterMorrissey(BruceRobinson)andthepairembarksonanaffair–muchtoherparentschagrin.PeterprisesherawayfromherfamilybackgroundandintroducesAnntotheclasslessdropoutworld. WhenAnn'sfatherconfrontsPeterabouthisdaughter'swelfare,thepairdecidestofleeLondontoaremoteScottishfarmhouseandliveoffthelandwhilstPeterwriteshisnovel.SoonrealitybitesandAnntiresoftherurallife,andthecouplereturntoLondonwithsurprisenews–Annispregnant.Theybegintosettleintoaconservativedomesticlifestyle;AnneresentingPeter'sformerhippiefriends,andhetakingadulljobinadvertising.Meanwhile,Peter'sjunkiefriendStephen(MichaelFeast)returnsandchallengeshisformerfriendaboutthedirectionofhislife.…