Directed by:
John SchlesingerScreenplay:
Malcolm BradburyCinematography:
Chris SeagerComposer:
Robert LockhartCast:
Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Miriam Margolyes, Rufus Sewell, Christopher Bowen (more)Plots(1)
From Academy Award®-winning director John Schlesinger comes a brilliantly witty film. Starring Kate Beckinsale as Flora Poste, a London society girl, and Joanna Lumley as Flora's friend and mentor, this heartwarming comedy is full of charm and clever satire. Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advice of Mrs. Smiley (Joanna Lumley) and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives. Fancying herself a writer, Flora encounters perfect material for her novel in the humorously odd collection of rural characters. In her own inimitable way, Flora insists on creating order out of their chaos, and in the process, she fills their lives with light and laughter. (Via Vision Entertainment)
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