PG-13 | 1 h 41 min | Drama | Comedy | Romance

IMDB 6.3 / 10 (1460 votes)

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)

Keep the Aspidistra Flying | United Kingdom

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

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Director

Robert Bierman

Writers

Alan Plater

Stars

Helena Bonham Carter
Rosemary

Richard E. Grant
Gordon Comstock

Julian Wadham
Ravelston

Liz Smith
Mrs Meakin

Jim Carter
Erskine

Harriet Walter
Julia Comstock

Lesley Vickerage
Hermione

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Mrs. Wisbeach

John Clegg
McKechnie

Malcolm Sinclair
Paul Doring

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Keywords

writer, england, poet, poverty

Production

BBC Films

Actor

Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Julian Wadham, Liz Smith, Jim Carter, Harriet Walter, Lesley Vickerage, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, John Clegg, Malcolm Sinclair, Ben Miles, Dorothy Atkinson

Creators

George Orwell (Author), Robert Bierman (Director), Alan Plater (Screenplay), Peter Shaw (Producer)

Alternative titles

Sólo por amor (AR)
Liebe, Kunst und Zimmerpflanzen (DE)
Una guerra feliz (ES)
Sotaisa rakkaus (FI)
Vidám háború (HU)
La stagione dell'aspidistra (IT)
A Merry War (NZ)
Prazeres Londrinos (PT)
A Merry War (US)

Release dates

20.11.1997 (GB)
28.08.1998 (US)

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)

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