Project Detail

Ladies in Lavender

Synopsis

Set in 1936, Ladies in Lavender is the charming and sweetly melancholic story about two ageing spinster sisters whose peaceable Cornwall existence is disrupted when they take a young man into their care - and their hearts.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of project: Features
Running time: 105 mins
Format: 35mm, Kodak
Director: Charles Dance 1st Feature
Producer: Robert Jones, Bill Allan, Emma Hayter, Charles Dance
Editor: Michael Parker
Screenwriter: Charles Dance
Director of Photography: Peter Biziou
Sound: Jim Greenhorn
Composer: Nigel Hess
Principal cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone, Daniel Brühl

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Scala Productions

15 Frith Street
London
W1D 4RE
UK

T+44 (0)20 7734 7060

scalaprods@aol.com

Sales Company

Lake Shore

48 Leicester Square
London
WC2H 7DB
UK

T+44 (0)20 7004 7000

progers@lakeshoreentertainment.com

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www.lakeshoreentertainment.com

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