A lonely Yorkshire schoolteacher Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave) hosts a dinner party for her friends at her cottage in Wetherby. A stranger John Morgan (Tim McInnerny) arrives at the party with Marcia and Stanley Pilborough (Judi Dench and Ian Holm). Unexpectedly he returns the next day and suddenly commits suicide in front of Jean. A policeman arrives to investigate the mysterious death while Jean's mind turns back to memories of a passionate love affair with tragic consequences earlier in her life. In a novel and intriguing approach to storytelling director David... Hare has created an engaging mystery and human drama that ostensibly focuses on an innocent dinner party but is really about something else. [show more]
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David Hare writes and directs this Pinter-esque mystery drama starring Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench and Ian Holm. When lonely Yorkshire schoolteacher Jean Travers (Redgrave) holds a dinner party for her friends Marcia and Stanley Pilborough (Dench and Holm) at her cottage in Wetherby, they arrive accompanied by a stranger, John Morgan (Tim McInnerny) - who unexpectedly returns to Jean's home the next day and commits suicide in front of her. As the police arrive to investigate the mysterious death, memories come back to Jean of a passionate love affair earlier in her life that ended in tragedy.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A lonely Yorkshire schoolteacher Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave) hosts a dinner party for her friends at her cottage in Wetherby A stranger John Morgan (Tim McInnerny) arrives at the party with Marcia and Stanley Pilborough (Judi Dench and Ian Holm) Unexpectedly he returns the next day and suddenly commits suicide in front of Jean A policeman arrives to investigate the mysterious death while Jean&39;s mind turns back to memories of a passionate love affair with tragic consequences earlier in her life In a novel and intriguing approach to storytelling director David Hare has created an engaging mystery and human drama that ostensibly focuses on an innocent dinner party but is really about something else Actors Vanessa Redgrave Ian Holm Judi Dench Stuart Wilson Tim McInnerny Suzanna Hamilton Tom Wilkinson Marjorie Yates Katy Behean Ted Beyer Patrick Blackwell Ian Bleasdale Howard Crossley Penny Downie David Foreman & Robert Hines Director David Hare Certificate 15 years and over Year 1985 Languages English Duration 1 hour and 39 minutes (approx)
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