Directed by:
David HareScreenplay:
David HareComposer:
Nick BicâtCast:
Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Stuart Wilson, Tim McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Robert Hines, Penny Downie (more)Plots(1)
Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave), a schoolteacher whose life changes completely when a young man breaks into her home, and then kills himself right in front of her for no apparent reason. As Jean's friends (Judi Dench and Ian Holm) struggle to help her, Jean is drawn deeper and deeper into a web of memories and deceptions. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Vanessa Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544391_8289b2.jpg)
Vanessa Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Blow-Up (1966)
![Ian Holm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267498_be829e.jpg)
Ian Holm
UK
Best movies:
![Judi Dench](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205154_c0b055.jpg)
Judi Dench
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
![Stuart Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269176_1a7194.jpg)
Stuart Wilson
UK
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
![Tim McInnerny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272622_fa824f.jpg)
Tim McInnerny
UK
Best movies:
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Race (2016)
![Suzanna Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/539/164539778_11f878.jpg)
Suzanna Hamilton
UK
Best movies:
Out of Africa (1985)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Island on Bird Street (1997)
![Tom Wilkinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/458/168458054_s7uzko.jpg)
Tom Wilkinson
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
![Joely Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/413/164413225_771fa9.jpg)
Joely Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Robert Hines
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
![Penny Downie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/198/163198234_5cf579.jpg)
Penny Downie
Australia
Best movies:
Hamlet (2009) (TV movie)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Christopher Fulford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/532/162532749_8cfc00.jpg)
Christopher Fulford
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999) (TV movie)
Merry Christmas (2005)
Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (1995) (TV movie)
Matthew Guinness
UK
Best movies:
Lady Jane (1986)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
Edge of Darkness (1985) (series)
Paula Tlbrook
UK
Best movies:
A Private Function (1984)
Butterfly Kiss (1995)
Howard Crossley
UK
Best movies:
Billy Elliot the Musical (2014) (theatrical recording)
Coming Down the Mountain (2007) (TV movie)
Two Is a Family (2016)
Patrick Blackwell
Best movies:
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Diane Whitley
Best movies:
Shirley Valentine (1989)
![Alan Rickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/679/163679115_83fed8.png)
Alan Rickman
UK
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Love Actually (2003)