Overview
A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.
Director
Carrie Cracknell
Cast
Helen McCrory
Hester Collyer
Yolanda Kettle
Ann Welch
Nick Fletcher
Mr. Miller
Marion Bailey
Mrs. Elton
Hubert Burton
Philip Welch
Peter Sullivan
William Collyer
Tom Burke
Freddie Page
Tomiwa Edun
Jackie Jackson
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