My Life So Far (1999)
Imagine a summer in paradise with nothing to do except everything your heart desires.
A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.
- Date of release
- 1999-08-25
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (38)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Hugh Hudson
Casting
- Colin Firth — Edward Pettigrew
- Rosemary Harris — Gamma MacIntosh
- Irène Jacob — Aunt Heloise
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio — Moira 'Mumsie' Pettigrew
- Malcolm McDowell — Uncle Morris MacIntosh
- Robert Norman — Fraser Pettigrew
- Tchéky Karyo — Gabriel Chenoux
- Kelly Macdonald — Elspeth Pettigrew
- Roddy McDonald — Rollo
- Daniel Baird — Finlay
- Jennifer Fergie — Brenda Pettigrew
- Kristin Smith — Meg
Interesting facts
My Life So Far is a 1999 film about a year in the life of ten-year-old Scottish boy Fraser Pettigrew. It was directed by Hugh Hudson, with screenplay by Simon Donald. The film is set in 1927 and is based on Son of Adam, the memoirs of Denis Forman, a British television executive.
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