Project Detail

Women Talking Dirty

Synopsis

Women Talking Dirty is a touching comic story of two women who truly test the meaning of the phrase 'best friends'. Coming from disparate worlds, these two friends bond through a chance meeting followed by a series of unpredictable events. Ellen is a shy, but successful cartoonist who falls hopelessly in love and marries a seductively compulsive gambler, Daniel. The feisty Cora, falls head over heels for a Frenchman named Claude and winds up becoming a single mother trying to make ends meet. Together, Ellen and Cora help each other with all life throws at them - lovers, divorce, children, debts and too much vodka.

A colourful and quirky group of characters surround them. Stanley, Ellen's boss, coaches her on relationships while secretly holding a candle for Cora. Ronald and George seem to have unlocked the secret to a lasting relationship, while the enigmatic Emily Boyle understands all. With cosmopolitan Edinburgh for a backdrop, Women Talking Dirty tells the story of Cora and Ellen and the unravelling of a dark secret they unknowingly share.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of project: Features
Format: 35mm
Director: Cohy Giedroyc
Producer: J.E. Beaucaire, Elton John
Editor: Budge Tremlett
Director of Photography: Brian Tufano
Sound: Richard Flynn
Composer: Elton John
Principal cast: Eileen Atkins, Helena Bonham-Carter, Kenneth Cranham, Ken Drury, Julian Lambroschini, Gina McKee, James Nesbitt, James Purefoy, Elaine Smith, Richard Wilson
Executive Screenwriter: Isla Dewar, Dee Taylor

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sweetland Films Rocket Pictures

Sales Company

Intermedia 9-13 Grosvenor Street London W1X 9FB Tel: 020 7495 3322 Fax: 020 7495 3993 info@intermediafilm.co.uk

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