Love, just like in the movies.
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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“Is Peter Turner the real protagonist?”
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Cast
- Annette BeningGloria Grahame
- Jamie BellPeter Turner
- Julie WaltersBella Turner
- Stephen GrahamJoe Turner, Jr
- Kenneth CranhamJoe Turner
- Leanne BestEileen
- Vanessa RedgraveJeanne McDougall
- Frances BarberJoy
- James BloorDan
- Tom BrittneyTim
Crew
- Paul McGuiganDirector
- Matt GreenhalghScreenplay
- Peter TurnerWriter
- Urszula PontikosDirector of Photography
- Nick EmersonEditor
- Barbara BroccoliProducer
- Colin VainesProducer
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