Project Detail

Venus

Synopsis

Maurice and Ian are old friends, veteran English actors who never quite hit the bigtime. Now in their seventies, they continue to work (Maurice, for example, is playing a corpse in a television drama) but spend much of their time discussing their ailments over breakfast in a favourite café. When Ian's great-niece Jessie arrives from the provinces, she quickly tries her great-uncle's patience. But Maurice is taken with the girl, and proceeds to show her the cultural sights of the capital. Maurice tries to teach Jessie something about life, but in the process he is surprised to discover how very little he actually knows now that his own life is drawing to a close.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of film: Features
Running time: tbc
Format: Super 16
Director: Roger Michell
Producer: Tessa Ross, Daniel Battsek, Sally Caplan, Miles Ketley, Charles Moore
Editor: Nicolas Gaster
Screenwriter: Hanif Kureishi
Director of Photography: Haris Zambarloukos
Sound: Danny Hambrook
Principal cast: Peter O' Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Free Range Films

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Sales Company

The Works International

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