A Month by the Lake

Overview

For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they meet for cocktails and Miss Bentley stands him up -- not even thinking about it -- as she helps the new nanny of an Italian family settle in. Miss Beaumont, a tall, young American who has dropped out of finishing school in Switzerland, is bored and finds some amusement in flirting with the major, whose libido is awakened for the first time since before the great war. And Miss Bentley now finds more about the major to admire than his ears.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 11, 1995

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production

Miramax,Anuline

Cast

Edward Fox,Sonia Martinelli,Alessandro Gassmann,Riccardo Rossi,Vanessa Redgrave,Natalia Bizzi,Paolo Lombardi,Uma Thurman,Carlo Cartier,Alida Valli

Director

John Irvin

Writer

H. E. Bates,Trevor Bentham,Josep Llurba

Producer

Donna Gigliotti,Harvey Weinstein,Robert Fox,Bob Weinstein

Cinematography

Pasqualino De Santis

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

$2,101,087

IMDb

tt0113849