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From Academy Award winning director John Schlesinger comes a brilliantly witty film. Starring Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor) as Flora Poste, a London society girl, and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous) 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 (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. Also starring Rufus Sewell (A Knight’s Tale), Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings), Stephen Fry (Peter's Friends) and Eileen Atkins.
Original Release
01/01/1995
US Release
05/10/1996
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eileen Atkins | Judith Starkadder |
Kate Beckinsale | Flora Poste |
Sheila Burrell | Ada Doom |
Stephen Fry | Mybug |
Freddie Jones | Adam Lambsbreath |
Joanna Lumley | Mrs. Mary Smiling / Mary Smiling |
Ian McKellen | Amos Starkadder |
Miriam Margolyes | Mrs. Beetle |
Rufus Sewell | Seth Starkadder |
Ivan Kaye | Reuben Starkadder |
Directors
Writers
Malcolm Bradbury, Stella Gibbons
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eileen Atkins | Judith Starkadder |
Kate Beckinsale | Flora Poste |
Sheila Burrell | Ada Doom |
Stephen Fry | Mybug |
Freddie Jones | Adam Lambsbreath |
Joanna Lumley | Mrs. Mary Smiling / Mary Smiling |
Ian McKellen | Amos Starkadder |
Miriam Margolyes | Mrs. Beetle |
Rufus Sewell | Seth Starkadder |
Ivan Kaye | Reuben Starkadder |
Jeremy Peters | Urk |
Maria Miles | Elfine Starkadder |
Christopher Bowen | Charles Fairford |
Louise Rea | Meriam Beetle |
Sophie Revell | Rennet |
Rupert Penry-Jones | Dick Hawk-Monitor |
Tim Myers | Mr. Hawk-Monitor |
Harry Ditson | Earl P. Neck |
Trevor Baxter | Sneller |
Frederick Jaeger | Doctor Adolph Müdel |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Broke | Executive Producer |
Antony Root | Executive Producer |
Alison Gilby | Producer |
Joanna Gueritz | Producer |