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A Month by the Lake
5.7 / 10• 1995• 1h 32m•PG• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they meet for cocktails and Miss Bentley stands him up -- not even thinking about it -- as she helps the new nanny of an Italian family settle in. Miss Beaumont, a tall, young American who has dropped out of finishing school in Switzerland, is bored and finds some amusement in flirting with the major, whose libido is awakened for the first time since before the great war. And Miss Bentley now finds more about the major to admire than his ears.
Cast & Crew
Vanessa Redgrave
Miss Bentley
Lead
Edward Fox
Major Wilshaw
Uma Thurman
Miss Beaumont
Alida Valli
Signora Fascioli
Carlo Cartier
Mr. Bonizzoni
Alessandro Gassmann
Vittorio Balsari
Natalia Bizzi
Signora Bonizzoni
Paolo Lombardi
Enrico
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Irvin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Month by the Lake is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
