British writer and director Charles Sturridge returned to novelist Evelyn Waugh for another stellar adaptation. The tragic disintegration of an aristocratic couple's marriage which starts harmless before it leads to tragedy. Sturridge captured the spirit of Waugh's novel that drained all the romantic notions of the upper class where boredom triggers a chain of events that leads to death and loss. The stellar cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Judi Dench, Anjelica Huston and Alec Guinness. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
A Handful of Dust
British writer and director Charles Sturridge returned to novelist Evelyn Waugh for another stellar adaptation. The tragic disintegration of an aristocratic couple's marriage which starts harmless before it leads to tragedy. Sturridge captured the spirit of Waugh's novel that drained all the romantic notions of the upper class where boredom triggers a chain of events that leads to death and loss. The stellar cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Judi Dench, Anjelica Huston and Alec Guinness. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
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