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Release Date
• USA: May 20, 2005
• UK: 8 Nov 2004
BoxOffice: $6.5M
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country UK
Studio IDP Distribution
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Other Titles
• Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
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Genre: Drama
Tagline: The story of two sisters who saved a stranger, and the stranger who stole their hearts.
Plot: Based on a short story by William J. Locke, two spinster sisters, Ursula and Janet (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith), live in an old house by the sea in 1930s Cornwall, England. Their pleasant but uneventful routine of beach walks, reading, sewing, and tea time is interrupted when Andreas, a handsome young Polish violinist (Daniel Bruhl, from GOODBYE, LENIN!) washes ashore, barely alive. The girls nurse him back to health and for the never-married Ursula it's a case of first love far too late in life. She helps him overcome the language barrier, only to possibly lose him to a younger woman, the gorgeous visiting artist (Natasha McElhone) who recognizes his musical talent and is in a situation to help him. It's a simple story, though a perfect showcase for the mastery of Dench and Smith, two of the greatest thespians of all time (though Miriam Margolyes steals many scenes as the no-nonsense housekeeper). The director, Charles Dance, is a major British actor himself, thus his grasp of the myriad subtleties of the art is spot-on here in his directorial debut. Period detail is also of key importance, and cinematographer Peter Biziou captures the invitingly homey yet windswept otherness of the locale and time. Music is also a key component here, and the violin passages attributed to
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| Cast |
Judi Dench
Shakespeare in Love, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day |
 | Maggie Smith
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Gosford Park, Hook |
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 | David Warner
Titanic, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
 | Daniel Brühl
Good Bye Lenin!, The Edukators, Merry Christmas | | |
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| Music By |
Nigel Hess
Reunion at Fairborough, Deceptions, Chimera |
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