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Ladies in Lavender, 2004

Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith

Directed by: Charles Dance

Written by: Charles Dance

Language: English, German, Polish, French

Country: UK

Runtime: 104 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:7.0

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The mood of Ladies in Lavender is bittersweet, sentimental, and gloomy. The plot centers around the golden years, village life, and social relations. It is a drama, romance, and period movie. Stylistically, Ladies in Lavender is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Ladies in Lavender takes place, at least partly, in a village. The setting is England. It happens in the 1930s. Ladies in Lavender is derived from a short story.

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Based on a short story by William J. Locke, two spinster sisters, Ursula and Janet (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith), live in an old house by the sea in 1930s Cornwall, England. Their pleasant but uneventful routine of beach walks, reading, sewing, and tea time is interrupted when Andreas, a handsome young Polish violinist (Daniel Bruhl, from GOODBYE, LENIN!) washes ashore, barely alive. The girls nurse him back to health and for the never-married Ursula it's a case of first love far too late in life. She helps him overcome the language barrier, only to possibly lose him to a younger woman, the gorgeous visiting artist (Natasha McElhone) who recognizes his musical talent and is in a situation to help him. It's a simple story, though a perfect showcase for the mastery of Dench and Smith, two of the greatest thespians of all time (though Miriam Margolyes steals many scenes as the no-nonsense housekeeper). The director, Charles Dance, is a major British actor himself, thus his grasp of the myriad subtleties of the art is spot-on here in his directorial debut. Period detail is also of key importance, and cinematographer Peter Biziou captures the invitingly homey yet windswept otherness of the locale and time. Music is also a key component here, and the violin passages attributed to Andreas are stunningly emotional.