The read
It runs a compact 47m.
Synopsis
In 1977, after a fourteen year dry spell, the novelist Barbara Pym was nominated for a Booker Award for her novel, Quartet in Autumn. This drama documentary biopic sees Patricia Routledge as Pym and follows the day of the prize presentation, as she observes people and reminisces about life and love.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- James RuncieDirector
- James RuncieWriter
Cast
- Patricia RoutledgeBarbara Pym
- Marcia WarrenDora Caldicote
- John BottBishop Grote
- Susan WooldridgeBelinda
- Ian McNeiceVicar of Finstock
- Ann PenfoldAllegra Gray
- Mary WimbushMrs Bone
- Ann WindsorMiss Lathbury
- Hugh DicksonDr Simpson
- Avril ElgarLady on Bus
- Norman BirdMan on Bus
- David KingLarkin Readings (Voice)
Themes
biographysemi-documentary