Directed by:
Stephen PoliakoffCinematography:
Barry AckroydComposer:
Adrian JohnstonCast:
Isabel Brook, Damian Lewis, Patrick Malahide, Robert Lindsay, Eddie Marsan, Allan Corduner, Jodhi May, Harry Melling, Tim Plester, Olivia Poulet, Sam Friend (more)Plots(1)
Paul Reynolds is a Gatsby like figure: owner of a magnificent house, a host of grand parties, and a collector of interesting people. He persuades Lizzie Thomas, a secretary in a local estate agent to come and work for him as his assistant, to bring some order to his chaos. He inspires her with his enthusiasm and imagination, and frustrates her with his apparent carelessness and destructiveness, which culminates in her calling the police as a great party is turned over by local troublemakers, seemingly with Paul's tacit approval. But their paths are destined to cross again and again as Lizzie, with the help of some of those she met at Paul's house, rises through the changing landscape of corporate Britain. This is a story of a meaningful and powerful relationship, about those rare people who profoundly influence and shape our lives. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Isabel Brook
Best movies:
About a Boy (2002)
Faust: Love of the Damned (2000)
Damian Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Patrick Malahide
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Robert Lindsay
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV movie)
Eddie Marsan
UK
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
21 Grams (2003)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Allan Corduner
Sweden
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Yentl (1983)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Jodhi May
UK
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Max and Helen (1990) (TV movie)
Harry Melling
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Keeper (2018)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Tim Plester
UK
Best movies:
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Control (2007)
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
Olivia Poulet
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: A Suitable Vengeance (2003) (TV movie)
In the Loop (2009)
Sam Friend
Best movies:
Scoop (2006)
Heidi (2005)
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Sophie Hunter
UK
Best movies:
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Vanity Fair (2004)
Murray McArthur
UK
Best movies:
Finding Neverland (2004)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Philip Battley
Best movies:
Wild Target (2010)
Inspector Lewis (2006) (series)
Rosamunde Pilcher (1993) (series)
Robert Wilfort
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Paul Hickey
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Michael Collins (1996)
The General (1998)
Will Thorp
UK
Best movies:
The Last Witness (2018)
Shannon Murray
Ireland
Ruth Millar
UK