BigList
Login / Sign up
A Handful of Dust (1988)

A Handful of Dust (1988)

Drama Romance

It's a long fall from high society

Release Date: 1988, June 24
Directors: Charles Sturridge
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Handful of Dust, Stagescreen Productions, Compact Yellowbill, LWT, New Line Cinema
Cast: Stephen Fry, Alec Guinness, Anjelica Huston, Timothy Bateson, Judi Dench, Pip Torrens, Christopher Godwin, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, James Wilby, Beatie Edney, Graham Crowden

Overview:

English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London. Trusting to a fault, Tony is unaware that anything is amiss until his wife suddenly asks for a divorce. With his life in turmoil, Tony goes on a haphazard journey to South America.

Keywords:

based on novel or book 1930s loss of loved one mansion brazil affair country house ancestral home