Overview
Living in working-class London, Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters navigate quiet lives of loneliness: cafe waitress Nadia searches for love through personal ads, hairdresser and single mother Debbie balances casual romance with co-parenting alongside her volatile ex, and expectant mother Molly copes with a partner overwhelmed by impending fatherhood.
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Setting
Set in London
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Music
Music by Michael Nyman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sean Bobbitt
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Laurence CoriatWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 13, 1999
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Production
Cast
Shirley HendersonDebbie
Gina McKeeNadia
Molly ParkerMolly
Ian HartDan
John SimmEddie
Stuart TownsendTim
Kika MarkhamEileen
Jack ShepherdBill
Enzo CilentiDarren
Sarah-Jane PottsMelanie- David FahmFranklyn
Ellen ThomasDonna- Peter MarfleetJack
- Nathan ConstanceAlex
Anton ValensiDanny- Abby FordNurse
- Michelle JollyMidwife
Rebecca LenkiewiczPolicewoman- Vanessa PrattKelly
- Mark SprostonRupert
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