The SpongersMovie
In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.
About The Spongers
The Spongers is a 1978 drama, tv movie movie directed by Roland Joffé.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 44m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Christine Hargreaves, Bernard Hill, Peter Kerrigan, Paula McDonagh. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
