Tamara Drewe -
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Based on Posy Simmonds¡¯ beloved graphic novel of the same name (which was itself inspired by Thomas Hardy¡¯s classic Far From the Madding Crowd) this wittily modern take on the romantic English pastorale is a far cry from Hardy¡¯s Wessex.
Tamara Drewe¡¯s present©day English countryside¡ªstocked with pompous writers, rich weekenders, bourgeois bohemians, a horny rock star, and a great many Buff Orpington chickens and Belted Galloway cows¡ªis a much funnier place. When Tamara Drewe sashays back to the bucolic village of her youth, life for the locals is thrown tail over teakettle. Tamara¡ªonce an ugly duckling¡ªhas been transformed into a devastating beauty (with help from plastic surgery).
As infatuations, jealousies, love affairs and career ambitions collide among the inhabitants of the eighboring farmsteads, Tamara sets a contemporary comedy of manners into play sing the oldest magic in the book¡ªsex appeal.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | 2010-10-08 |
| Rating (USA): | PG-13 |
| Release Date (UK): | 2010-09-10 |
| Rating (UK) : | R18 |
| Director: | Stephen Frears |
| Producer: | Alison Owen; Tracey Seaward |
| Studio: | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Writer/s: | Moira Buffini; (screenplay); Posy Simmonds (graphic novel) |
Cast
| Gemma Arterton | Tamara Drewe |
| Roger Allam | Nicholas Hardiment |
| Bill Camp | Glen McCreavy |
| Dominic Cooper | Ben Sergeant |
| Luke Evans | Andy Cobb |
| Tamsin Greig | Beth Hardiment |
| Jessica Barden | Jody Long |
| Charlotte Christie | Casey Shaw |
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