Poppyland (1985)
He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and dreams of the bright lights, and even brighter people, of the great metropolis. On a hot August day in 1883, Clement Scott, the writer, and Louie Jermy, the miller's daughter, meet each other for the first time.
Director: John Madden
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Alan Howard as Clement Scott |
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Phoebe Nicholls as Louie Jermy |
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John McEnery as Algernon Swinburne |
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Richard Wilson as Theodore Watts-Dunton |
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John Shrapnel as George Sims |
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Jonathan Hyde as Wilson Barrett |
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Isla Blair as Constance Scott |
| Directing | John Madden | Director |
| Writing | William Humble | Writer |