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The Lady in the Van

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6.4/10 • 733

2015-10-301h 44m

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A mostly true story

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Directors
Nicholas Hytner
Writters
Alan Bennett
Editors
Alan Bennett, Tariq Anwar

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  1. Maggie Smith

    Maggie Smith

    Miss Shepherd

  2. Alex Jennings

    Alex Jennings

    Alan Bennett

  3. Frances de la Tour

    Frances de la Tour

    Ursula Vaughan Williams

  4. Gwen Taylor

    Gwen Taylor

    Mam

  5. Dominic Cooper

    Dominic Cooper

    Theatre Actor

  6. James Corden

    James Corden

    Street Trader

  7. Roger Allam

    Roger Allam

    Rufus

  8. Samuel Anderson

    Samuel Anderson

    Jehovah's Witness

  9. Dermot Crowley

    Dermot Crowley

    Priest

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Reno

May 4, 2016

8/10

According to her guidance, this is where it should go!
Her legend continues. I was talking about Maggie Smith, she's 82 years old and still her performances can compete with younger generation actors. The story was narrated from someone's perspective about the role she played, that's why it's little weakened, otherwise if she was in solo, it would have been an Oscar worthy. Incidentally, that someone was an actual writer, so the film ended up portraying her very well, beside himself. Inspired by the real story of an old lady who lived in a van for the 15 years during the 70s in the London's residential driveways. This film tells the mystery behind the state of her condition and actions. Actually, I expected it to be like 'Little Miss Sunshine', a road film, but after learning it was a biopic I am impressed with the overall movie. An heartfully enjoyable comedy-drama with a small suspense in the plot. In fact, the whole film developed pretty well because of the opening event that hidden from us to reveal at the conclusion. It was a bit of fantasy as well, especially the end was too much of it. On the Mary Shepard character, it reminded me Mrs. Julia Wicket from the Mr. Bean's animated series. Similar kind of attitude like don't care about others, especially when everyone around her showing some kind of respect and care, she was more a sceptical for us. The film was shot in the real locations. That was an advantage for filmmaking, and for us to witness from very close to the original. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,000,000.00
Revenue
$41,387,687.00
Keywords
vanlondon, englandbased on novel or bookenglandhomelessnessbiographybased on true storyalter egopoverty