Directed by:
Christopher MenaulScreenplay:
Alan PlaterCinematography:
David KatznelsonCast:
Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately, Rosemary Harris, Anna Massey, Peter Sallis, Jill Baker, Matthew Marsh, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Joanna David, Muriel Pavlow, Poppy Lee Friar, Bindu De Stoppani (more)Plots(1)
Happily married Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and Jacob (Kevin Whately) live in a riverside house with Jacob's elderly relatives, "the Oldies." Jess enjoys caring for them all until the day that Jacob pops out for a pint - and never returns. Left reeling when the news comes that Jacob has left her for a younger woman, Jess's once contented life becomes a hurt tangle of duty, rage and self-doubt through which she must now navigate to find her balance and her true self. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Brenda Blethyn
UK
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Atonement (2007)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
Kevin Whately
UK
Best movies:
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV movie)
The English Patient (1996)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Anna Massey
UK
Best movies:
Dark Blue World (2001)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Peter Sallis
UK
Best movies:
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Rapture (1965)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Jill Baker
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Wallander (2008) (series)
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
Matthew Marsh
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Tetris (2023)
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Ireland
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Malice in Wonderland (2009)
Goldfish Memory (2003)
Joanna David
UK
Best movies:
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987) (TV movie)
Muriel Pavlow
UK
Best movies:
Perfect Strangers (2001) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Poppy Lee Friar
UK
Best movies:
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Dustbin Baby (2008) (TV movie)
My Cousin Rachel (2017)
Bindu De Stoppani
Best movies:
28 Days Later (2002)
The Beach (2000)
Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (2005)
Teresa Churcher
Best movies:
Miracle Landing on the Hudson (2014) (TV movie)
Desert Flower (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Tom Bennett
UK
Best movies:
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Rocketman (2019)
Helen Masters
UK
Best movies:
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Diana: Her True Story (1993) (TV movie)
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
Miroslav Mitrovic
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Best movies:
The Black Bomber (1992)
Tomislav Mitrovic
Best movies:
Beli lavovi (2011)