Joan sent me this cool article from The Daily Mail which appeared a couple of weeks ago:

Richard E Grant’s debut as a director is a brave journey into his African childhood, exploring his parents’ alcoholism and adultery. He tells Moira Petty why he had to relive a past in which is father tried to kill him.

A young boy wakes up on the back seat of a car and witnesses a scene that will haunt him forever. His mother reaches over and caresses the driver, his father’s best friend. The 11 year-old knows this is taboo and shuts his eyes when his mother turns to check on him. Thinking he is still asleep, the couple begin a passionate bout of lovemaking while the boy looks on in horror. This extraordinary scene opens Wah-Wah, a powerful film about African colonial life in Swaziland, in the late 1960’s, written and directed by Richard E Grant.

The 48 year-old film star, who was brought up in Swaziland, has talked often of his unhappiness following his mother’s affair and her subsequent divorce from his father. Most observers assumed that Richard had merely drawn on his experiences to create an autobiographical film, which premieres at the Edinburgh International Film Festival later this month.

Read the whole article here.

Thanks Joan.