Cold Comfort Farm Kate Beckinsale
Shortly after leaving oxford university in 1995 beckinsale starred in cold comfort farm as flora poste a newly orphaned 1930s socialite sent to live with distant family members in rural england.
Cold comfort farm kate beckinsale. Kate beckinsale in cold comfort farm. Eileen atkins kate beckinsale sheila burrell stephen fry freddie jones joanna lumley ian mckellen rufus sewell john schlesinger. Directed by john schlesinger.
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With eileen atkins kate beckinsale sheila burrell stephen fry. Photos 4 quotes 16 photos. Cold comfort farm is a 1995 british comedy film directed by john schlesinger and produced by the bbc and thames television an adaptation of stella gibbons 1932 book of the same name the film stars kate beckinsale joanna lumley ian mckellen and rufus sewell originally broadcast on 1 january 1995 on the bbc it was schlesinger s final film shot in his home country of britain and was picked.
Finds a new home with some rough relatives the starkadders of cold comfort farm. The john schlesinger directed film was an adaptation of stella gibbons s novel and also featured joanna lumley eileen atkins ian mckellen rufus sewell and stephen fry. A recently orphaned young woman goes to live with eccentric relatives in sussex where she sets about improving their gloomy lives.
This is a heartwarming comedy full of charm and clever satire. Kate beckinsale plays miss flora poste a recent orphan who has very little to her name. An aspiring author who s really not very good flora winds up staying with her good friend joanna lumley but only for a short while.
Kate beckinsale leads a star studded cast as the tidy minded heroine flora poste in malcolm bradbury s bafta winning adaptation of stella gibbons comedy classic. Showing all 20 items jump to. With a take charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend mary.