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A Handful of Dust (1988)
Directed by Charles Sturridge
“It's a long fall from high society”
Romance, Drama · 1h 58m
English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance of Tony's wife, Brenda. Together, they continue their relationship in a series of bedroom assignations in London. Trusting to a fault, Tony is unaware that anything is amiss until his wife suddenly asks for a divorce. With his life in turmoil, Tony goes on a haphazard journey to South America.
Cast
James Wilby
Tony Last
Kristin Scott Thomas
Brenda Last
Rupert Graves
John Beaver
Pip Torrens
Jock Grant-Menzies
Judi Dench
Mrs. Beaver
Alec Guinness
Mr. Todd
Beatie Edney
Marjorie
Christopher Godwin
Dr. Messinger
J
Jackson Kyle
John Andrew
Anjelica Huston
Mrs. Rattery
J
Jeanne Watts
Nanny
N
Norman Lumsden
Ambrose
Crew
- Director
- Charles Sturridge
- Writer
- Charles Sturridge, Tim Sullivan, Derek Granger
- Novel
- Evelyn Waugh
- Director of Photography
- Peter Hannan
- Original Music Composer
- George Fenton
- Editor
- Peter Coulson
Details
- Release date
- 1988-06-24
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Handful of Dust, Stagescreen Productions, Compact Yellowbill, LWT, New Line Cinema
- Box office
- $1,561,000