Project Detail

Tamara Drewe

Synopsis

This is the contemporary tale of a Londoner returning home to the country and to her past. Tamara, once a shy, ugly teenager, has reinvented herself as a smouldering femme fatale. When she returns to her old village to sell her late mother's house, she is barely recognisable to the locals, and to her old flame Andy, and she kick-starts a trail of envy, lust, scandal and gossip wherever she goes. But has she really forgotten who she is and who she loved?

Tamara is the ultimate modern girl; but for all her independence, ambition and sex appeal it's actually the vulnerable, shy fish-out-of-water underneath that make her story funny, moving and very human.

Details

Year: 2011
Type of film: Features
Running time: 111 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Stephen Frears
Producer: Alison Owen, Paul Trijbits, Tracey Seaward
Executive Producer: Christine Langan, Sharon Harel, Maya Amsellem
Editor: Mick Audsley
Screenwriter: Moira Buffini
Director of Photography: Ben Davis
Production Designer: Alan Macdonald
Sound: Peter Lindsay
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Principal cast: Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans, Tamsin Greig

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ruby Films

26 Lloyd Baker St
London
WC1X 9AW
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7833 9990
Fax: +44 (0)20 7837 5862

Sales Company

WestEnd Films LLP

15 Greek Street
London
W1D 4DP
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7494 8300
Fax: +44 (0)20 7494 8301

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