In 1934, an English widow moves to Widows’ Peak, Ireland. She befriends other widows and the son of one. Read More »
Tag Archives: Joan Plowright
Three Sisters (1970) Laurence Olivier, John Sichel
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following Read More »
Screen Two: The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993) Waris Hussein, Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright, Julie Walters
Boy meets Girl in Egypt. Girl is profoundly affected and returns to England Read More »
And a Nightingale Sang (1989) Robert Knights, Phyllis Logan, Tom Watt, Joan Plowright
Romance lifts a sister from a lively family in working-class Newcastle during World War II. Read More »
Daphne Laureola (1978) Waris Hussein, Joan Plowright, Arthur Lowe, Grégoire Aslan
A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts – whose much older husband is not pleased. Read More »
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998) John Mackenzie, Timothy Hutton, Joan Plowright, Elizabeth Peña
Fact-based story about a 90’s espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history. Read More »
Enchanted April (1992) Mike Newell, Alfred Molina, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson
This slow-paced gem is about the civilizing influence of Italy on beleaguered Londoners both male and female and has its own civilizing influence on the viewer. Read More »
Drowning by Numbers (1988) Peter Greenaway, Bernard Hill, Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson
Tired of her husband’s philandering ways, the mother of two daughters drowns her husband. Read More »
Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Richard Loncraine, Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Drama, Thriller
Brimstone and Treacle is a modern gothic tale about the evil that men do and the price that must be paid to make things right. Read More »
Callas Forever (2002) Franco Zeffirelli, Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Biography, Drama, Music
The partially fictionalized film is set in 1977, the year in which Callas died, and centers on the making of a movie of Georges Bizet’s Carmen. The diva, whose now-ragged voice is well past its prime, is persuaded to star in it by longtime friend and former manager Larry Kelly, who abandoned classical music to become a rock impresario. He insists by lip-synching to her old recording she will recapture her lost youth and leave behind a priceless legacy for her admirers, and his theory is supported by Callas confidante and journalist Sarah Keller.
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