A Month by the Lake
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A Month by the Lake
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This romantic comedy is set upon Italy's beautiful Lake Como just before WW II erupted in Europe. British, middle-aged, but still-attractive Miss Bentley has come to the lake to visit the family resort. She has not been there since her father died and since her 14-year relationship with a married man broke up. The place has changed since she was there last and there is only one other Britisher there, the single, handsome Major Winslow, a wealthy industrialist. He and she engage in a few rounds of tennis, and begin a tentative romance that is interrupted when flirtatious American-upstart Miss Beaumont shows up and begins toying catlike, with the affections of the vulnerable major. Meanwhile, Miss Bentley finds herself dallying with a handsome young Italian. ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviCast
- Vanessa Redgrave - Miss Bentley
- Edward Fox - Major Wilshaw
- Uma Thurman - Miss Beaumont
- Alida Valli - Signora Fascioli
- Alessandro Gassman - Vittorio Balsari
Credit
Tamara Asseyev - Associate Producer, Lia Morandini - Costume Designer, Luca Lachin - First Assistant Director, John Irvin - Director, Peter Tanner - Editor, Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer, Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer, Donna Gigliotti - Executive Producer, Nicola Piovani - Composer (Music Score), Nilo Jacoponi - Makeup, Gianni Giovagnoni - Production Designer, Pasqualino De Santis - Cinematographer, Robert Fox - Producer, Patricia Carr - Producer, Mauro Passi - Set Designer, David Crozier - Sound/Sound Designer, Trevor Bentham - Screenwriter, H.E. Bates - Book Author| A Monster in Paris (2011 Film), A Monkey's Tale (2000 Film) | |
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A Month by the Lake
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| Directed by | John Irvin |
| Produced by | Robert Fox |
| Written by | Trevor Bentham |
| Starring | Vanessa Redgrave Edward Fox Uma Thurman |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino de Santis |
| Editing by | Peter Tanner |
| Distributed by | Miramax Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | September 22, 1995 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
A Month by the Lake is a 1995 romantic comedy starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox and Uma Thurman. It is directed by John Irvin and is based on the novel by H.E. Bates.
Plot
24 years earlier, in 1913, single spinster Miss Bentley (played by Vanessa Redgrave) enjoyed spending her summer holiday in Lake Como, Italy with her father before World War I started in 1914. The year is now 1937, and her father has recently died. To clear the air after the loss of her father, she's decided to return to Lake Como on her own to spend a month's summer holiday.
She soon meets an upstanding bachelor named Major Wilshaw (played by Edward Fox), and sets her interest in him. But soon afterwards, a young American girl named Miss Beaumont (played by Uma Thurman) arrives, and starts flirting with the Major.
Awards
In 1996, the actress Vanessa Redgrave was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama.
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