Painted Lady

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