Joan Plowright

  • Franco Zeffirelli – Tea with Mussolini (1999)

    Franco Zeffirelli1991-2000DramaItalyWar
    Un tè con Mussolini (1999)
    Un tè con Mussolini (1999)

    Starring Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Joan Plowright, Cher, Lily Tomlin, Paolo Seganti.

    From IMDB:
    Semi-autobiographical tale from the early life of director Franco Zeffirelli looks at the illegitimate son (Charlie Lucas as a child, Baird Wallace as the teen) of an Italian businessman. The boy’s mother has died, and he is raised by an Englishwoman (Joan Plowright) in pre-WWII Fascist Italy. Living to each other in Florence, and presided over by an ambassador’s widow (Maggie Smith), a group of Englishwomen live a sheltered existence which they believe is guaranteed personal protection in a tea reception given by Il Duce. However, as war breaks out, the women are interned. Occasionally in this English colony is a wealthy American (Cher), who visits among her travels and marriages to wealthy older men.Read More »

  • Kenneth Ives – The Birthday Party [+Extras] (1987)

    1981-1990BBCDramaKenneth IvesTVUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    ‘Stanley, a pianist, lives in a cheap boarding-house near the sea and never talks about himself. But the past catches up with him when Mr. Goldberg and Mr. McCann arrive – clearly, they don’t wish him well.’
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  • Peter Greenaway – Drowning by Numbers (1988)

    1981-1990ArthouseDramaPeter GreenawayUnited Kingdom

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    Quote:
    Following his pair of despairing urban studies, A Zed and Two Noughts and The Belly of an Architect, director Peter Greenaway turned to the sardonic countryside of The Draughtsman’s Contract for another tongue-in-cheek murder yarn, Drowning by Numbers. Easily his most playful film in every sense of the term, this tricky and often charming film boasts some of his wittiest dialogue and makes for an ideal introduction for newcomers compared to his more experimental works.Read More »

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