The Last September

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The Last September
DVD cover
Directed by	Deborah Warner
Written by	John Banville Elizabeth Bowen (novel)
Starring	Maggie Smith Michael Gambon Keeley Hawes David Tennant
Music by	Zbigniew Preisner
Cinematography	Slawomir Idziak
Editing by	Kate Evans
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures UGC DA International
Release date(s)	1999
Running time	103 min
Country	France UK Ireland
Language	English

The Last September is a novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen published in 1929, concerning life at the country mansion of Danielstown, Cork during the Irish War of Independence.

Plot

Surrounded by assassinations and pitched battles beyond the mansion's gates, the Naylor and the Montmorency families and their guests are preoccupied by tennis parties and dances, only dimly aware that the world of the Anglo-Irish gentry is about to disappear. The novel is notable as a valuable document of this class in the dying days of English rule in the modern Republic of Ireland.

Film version

A film version was released in 1999. It was directed by Deborah Warner and produced by Yvonne Thunder from a screenplay by John Banville. The music was by Zbigniew Preisner and the cinematography by Slawomir Idziak.

The film stars Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, David Tennant, Lambert Wilson, Jane Birkin, and Fiona Shaw.

External links

• The Last September at the Internet Movie Database