Her greatest talent was for life.
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Kate WinsletYoung Iris Murdoch
- Judi DenchIris Murdoch
- Jim BroadbentJohn Bayley
- Hugh BonnevilleYoung John Bayley
- Penelope WiltonJanet Stone
- Samuel WestYoung Maurice
- Timothy WestOlder Maurice
- Kris MarshallDr. Gudgeon
- Juliet AubreyYoung Janet Stone
- Derek HutchinsonPostman
Crew
- Richard EyreDirector
- Richard EyreScreenplay
- Charles WoodScreenplay
- Roger PrattDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Martin WalshEditor
- Robert FoxProducer
- Scott RudinProducer
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