A Promise / Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

A Promise / Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
191 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012-2013 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Patrice Leconte
Donald Rice

Written By:
Patrice Leconte

Jérôme Tonnerre
Stefan Zweig
Mary Henely-Magill
Donald Rice
Julia Strachey

Actors:
Rebecca Hall ..... Lotte Hoffmeister
Alan Rickman ..... Karl Hoffmeister
Richard Madden ..... Friedrich Zeitz
Toby Murray ..... Otto Hoffmeister
Maggie Steed ..... Frau Hermann
Shannon Tarbet ..... Anna
Jean-Louis Sbille ..... Hans, the Butler
Sarah Messens ..... Magda, the Maid
Jonathon Sawdon ..... Engineer
Caroline Donnelly ..... Funfair Lady
Peter Kern ..... Funfair Photographer
Andrew McIlroy ..... Pastor
Christelle Cornil ..... Post Office Employee
Gordon Wilson ..... Hotel COncierge
Elizabeth McGovern ..... Mrs Thatcham
Eva Traynor ..... Annie
Paola Dionisotti ..... Mrs Whitstable
Sophie Stanton ..... Millman
Felicity Jones ..... Dolly
Elizabeth Webster ..... Betty
Kenneth Collard ..... Whitstable
Ellie Kendrick ..... Kitty
Zoë Tapper ..... Evelyn
Luke Treadaway ..... Joseph
Ben Greaves-Neal ..... Jimmy
Luke Ward-Wilkinson ..... Robert
Olly Alexander ..... Tom
Joanna Hole ..... Miss Spoon
John Standing ..... Horace Spigott
Fenella Woolgar ..... Nancy Dakin
Mackenzie Crook ..... David Dakin
Julian Wadham ..... Uncle Bob
James Norton ..... Owen
Barbara Flynn ..... Aunt Bella
Camilla Corbett ..... Alice
Oliver Gilbert ..... George
Emil Lager ..... Aunt Bella's Chauffeur
Melanie Gray ..... Pretty Woman
Edward Saxby ..... Tony Bigham
Jonathan Saxby ..... Tiger Bigham
Jim Conway ..... Photographer
John MacDonald ..... Piper
Kevin Hudson ..... Wedding Guest

Synopsis:

A Promise: Young Friederich has humble origins, but rises to the attention of his new boss, Karl. As he volunteers to tutor his employer's son, he gets more and more attached to Karl's young wife Lotte. She refuses however to betray her husband even when they learn Friedrich must go to Mexico for two years to supervise a mining project for Karl. Friedrich and Lotte swear to one another they will stay true to each other, but the oncoming war keeps them apart for far longer than expected. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding: The last summer, shown in major flashbacks, dashing archaeologist Joseph (Luke Treadaway) has brilliantly flirted with upper middle-class girl Dolly Thatcham (Felicity Jones), delighting her cute naughty kid brother Jimmy (Ben Greaves-Neal) and even her headless younger sister Annie (Eva Traynor), yet antagonized their mother, stuck-up widow Mrs. Thatcham (Elizabeth McGovern). When bashful Dolly refused to accompany Joseph on a Greek excavation due to his commitment problems, she was afterwards sent on an Albanian holiday, met stuffy diplomat Owen (James Norton) and got engaged. At the wedding day, Dolly hesitated whether she was giving up on her best chance for happiness, and Joseph turned up, but the party guests and obligations kept getting in the way of actually talking it through.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 24 May, 2021.