A different time. A different love.
In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
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Intimate, grave, earnest and prestige.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Saoirse RonanFlorence Ponting
- Billy HowleEdward Mayhew
- Anne-Marie DuffMarjorie Mayhew
- Adrian ScarboroughLionel Mayhew
- Emily WatsonViolet Ponting
- Samuel WestGeoffrey Ponting
- Andy BurseWaiter One
- Rasmus HardikerWaiter Two
- Mia BurgessHarriet Mayhew
- Anna BurgessAnne Mayhew
Crew
- Dominic CookeDirector
- Ian McEwanScreenplay
- Ian McEwanNovel
- Sean BobbittDirector of Photography
- Dan JonesOriginal Music Composer
- Nick FentonEditor
- Elizabeth KarlsenProducer
- Stephen WoolleyProducer
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