The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
James Kent

Written By:
Jane English

Actors:
Maxine Peake ..... Anne Lister
Anna Madeley ..... Mariana Belcombe
Susan Lynch ..... Isabella 'Tib' Norcliffe
Christine Bottomley ..... Ann Walker
Gemma Jones ..... Aunt Lister
Alan David ..... Uncle Lister
Richenda Carey ..... Mrs Priestley
Michael Culkin ..... Charles Lawton
Dean Lennox Kelly ..... Christopher Rawson
Tina O'Brien ..... Miss Browne
Tessa Peake-Jones ..... Mrs Rawson
Jemima Foxtrot ..... Lister Maid
Belinda Lazenby ..... Mrs Browne
Ted Holden ..... Rough Man
Martin Oldfield ..... Jeweller

Synopsis:

In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully unaware that she is a lesbian,recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary. When her lover Mariana Belcombe makes a marriage of convenience to rich old Charles Lawton,she feels betrayed and,although Mariana visits and has sex with her,the relationship is going nowhere. Helped by old flame Tib she makes a play for innocent Miss Browne but sees she is barking up the wrong tree and diverts herself by renovating the family hall. A drunken Tib almost exposes her secret and scornful mine-owner Christopher Rawson,whose marriage proposal she rejects,tells her that her sexuality is a subject of local gossip. Undeterred Anne meets Ann Walker who becomes her new 'wife' and they open a coal-mine ,living happily together. An end title tells us that Anne Lister died prematurely in 1840 on holiday in Russia.

Maxine Peake stars in a profoundly moving drama based on the real diaries of Anne Lister: a landowning woman who defied the conventions of her 19th century life to great scandal...for Anne was a lesbian. Her affair with 'soul mate' Marianna Belcombe keeps society guessing but when it is announced that Marianna is to be married to the older, corpulent and wealthy Charles Lawton, Anne is distraught. Set in the small, elite world of high society, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is an inspiring story of 'the first modern lesbian' - a woman who challenged convention and was determined to simply be herself.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 August, 2010.

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