Film

The Lady in the Van 2015

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 104 min
  • PG-13

A mostly true story

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

ComedyDramavanlondon, englandbased on novel or bookenglandhomelessnessbiographybased on true storyalter egopoverty

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Intimate, contemplative, character-led and prestige.

  • intimateepic
  • contemplativerelentless
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • sparerichly built

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