Dec 11th
Ladies in Lavender**
GB 2004. Scala/Baker Street/UK Film Council/Take Partnerships. 104m.

A Polish boy is washed ashore off the coast of Cornwall and rescued by two elderly sisters, but some of the locals and a visiting Russian painter are also interested...
Sexagenarian period love story, looking dangerously like cosy TV drama, but quite well crafted and developed as a story, with some of the sub-plots sketched in quite well, and the stars give good value for money.

Written and Directed by: Charles Dance, from the short story by William J. Locke.
Producer: Nicolas Brown.
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Bruhl, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes, David Warner, Clive Russell, Freddie Jones, Geoffrey Bayldon.
Photography: Peter Biziou.
Music: Nigel Moss.
Production Design: Caroline Amies.