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Another Life
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Another Life

2001-06-15 · 101 min · ★ 5.7

Crime

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

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Production details

Directors
Philip Goodhew
Production companies
Boxer Films, Alibi Pictures, Arts Council of England
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released
Budget
USD 500,000

Top Cast

Natasha LittleNatasha LittleEdith Jessie Thompson
Nick MoranNick MoranPercy Thompson
Ioan GruffuddIoan GruffuddFrederick Edward Francis Bywaters
Imelda StauntonImelda StauntonEthel Graydon
Tom WilkinsonTom WilkinsonMr. Carlton
Rachael StirlingRachael StirlingAvis Graydon
Diana CouplandDiana CouplandMrs. Lester
Michael BertenshawMichael BertenshawWilliam Graydon
Daniel BrocklebankDaniel BrocklebankNewnie
Elizabeth McKechnieElizabeth McKechnieMrs. Thompson
Judy CliftonNora Lester
Simon ParisSgt. Mew
Alex PotterYoung Billy
Anton GregoryYoung Harold
Rikki DoughtyYoung Freddie
Juliet ForesterMiss Prior
Helen BramptonLily Thompson
Angela HartNun
Karen PowellNun
Daniel GoodeKenneth

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