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Cadgwith
Village
Film, Ladies in Lavender / page 1 |
Cadgwith,
The Lizard, Cornwall
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A charming little village, near to the
Lizard Village. It has a sheltered harbour,
and a steep street either side with
lovely cottages, It has a few fishing
boats still catching crab, lobster and
small quantities of local fish. There
is an old pilchard cellar still standing
on the quay beside the inn.
It
was a major fishing harbour in times
gone by, holding the record for pilchards
with 1.3 million caught in a single
day back in the 19th century. The local
lifeboat station was closed in 1963.
Cadgwith, home of the 2004 release of
the Film, Ladies in Lavender
Scripted
and directed by Charles
Dance, it is based on an enchanting
story by British author William J Locke
and is set in Cadgwith Cornwall.
Dame
Judi plays Miss Jane Widdington and
Dame Maggie her sister Ursula, who share
a clifftop retreat on a wild, storm-lashed
coastline.
The
story is about a handsome young man
being shipwrecked and swept up in a
cove below, where he is spotted by these
spinsters.
photo
of Cadgwith, Winter waves
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Director
Charles Dance Website
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Elderly
sisters Janet (Smith) and Ursula Widdington (Dench)
live a quiet and inordinately tidy life in a lovely
cottage. After a particularly violent storm, they awake
to find a young man (Daniel Brühl, the charming
lead from last year’s Good Bye, Lenin!), half-drowned
and badly injured, on their beach. They take him in
and discover he is Polish; his name is Andrea and he
is a gifted violinist.
Hopfully a couple of award winning performances from
'the Dames' (Maggie Smith and Judi Dench), Nigel Hess,
the composer, has written some glorious music, most
of which is played by the great Joshua Bell and The
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Sony Classic are to release
the soundtrack
Country:
United Kingdom
Year: 2004
Language: English, German, Polish
Time: 103 minutes
Executive
Producer: Robert Jones, Emma Hayter, Bill Allan, Charles
Dance
Producer: Nicolas Brown, Elizabeth Karlsen, Nik Powell,
Screenplay: Charles Dance, based on a short story by
William J. Locke
Cinematography: Peter Biziou
Editor: Michael Parker
Production Designer: Caroline Amies
Sound: Jim Greenhorn
Music: Nigel Hess
Principal Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl,
Miriam Margolyes, Natascha McElhone
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