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Painted Lady

by Granada

Synopsis

Blues diva turned derelict Maggie Sheridan is trying to get her life back on track while staying with longtime family friend Sir Charles Stafford.

One night art thieves break into the main house and Sir Charles is murdered while trying to prevent them from stealing the one treasure that is sacred to him: the portrait of his dead wife. When the police fail to catch the thieves Maggie decides to take matters into her own hands. Maggie reenters the world as a countess and shady art dealer but finds more than she bargained for in the labyrinth of stolen art.

Reviews

The incomparable Helen Mirren is washed-up blues singer Maggie Sheridan, living on an estate in Ireland where she has been rescued from heroin addiction by faithful childhood friend Sebastian Stafford (a beautiful performance by Iain Glen).

The magic in Painted Lady is acting, writing, and directing.

– New York Magazine/Vulture, John Leonard

Credits

Helen Mirren
Maggie Sheridan
Iain Glen
Sebastian Stafford
Franco Nero
Robert Tassi
Michael Maloney
Oliver Peel
Lesley Manville
Susie Peel
Iain Cuthbertson
Charles Stafford
Barry Barnes
D.S. Fagan
Michael Liebman
Bryan Gavin
John Kavanagh
Michael Longley
Sally Ann Barber
Caroline
Grace Boyle
Cecilia
John Cormack
Solicitor
Sam Douglas
Nilsson
Karl Geary
Aiden Finnegan
Roland Gift
Eddie Mullen
Peter Gunn
Geoff Bentham
Chooi Kheng-Beh
Chan Mingkai
Lorelei King
Margot
Gregory McFarnon
Young Robert Tassi
Don Paul
Salerno
Robert Portal
Alex
Gabriel Thomson
Young Sebastian
Judi Trott
Barbara Stafford
Rupert Vansittart
Henry Fellows
Kal Weber
American Boy
Angus Wright
Young Charles Stafford
Director
Julian Jarrold
Writer
Allan Cubitt
Producer
Emma Burge
Cinematographer
Peter Middleton


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A beautiful performance by Iain Glen