QUARTET - LE QUATUOR (BILINGUAL)

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: It's 1927 Paris. Following the conviction of her art dealer husband, Stephan Zelli (Anthony Higgins), for theft for which he was handed a one-year prison sentence, Marya Zelli (Isabelle Adjani), originally from West India, moves in with her acquaintances, expatriate Brits H.J. (Sir Alan Bates) and Lois Heidler (Dame Maggie Smith). Marya knows that H.J. in particular has more in mind than just providing her lodging out of the goodness of his heart. From behind bars, Stephan encourages Marya to move in with them, not knowing H.J.'s intentions. Marya agrees in part because she, being a foreigner, cannot get work and would thus become destitute otherwise. She learns she is the latest in a long line of lodgers. She also learns that H.J. and Lois' marriage is not all that it appears on the surface. The Heidler's hold on Marya becomes stronger when they convince her that Stephan not only has no money, but has no future in France after his release. Their collective lives become more complicated when Stephan is released from jail and tries to figure out what he's going to do with his life to regain the high standard of living to which he became accustomed.
• Cast: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith, Andrew Sachs, Gwyneth Jones, Trevor Peacock, David Ryall, Michael Byrne, Ronnie Fox, Patricia Loveland, Eline Powell, Luke Newberry, Shola Adewusi, Jumayn Hunter, Aleksandra Duczmal, Denis Khoroshko, Sarah Crowden, Colin Bradbury, Patricia Varley, Ronnie Hughes, Jack Honeyborne, John Rawnsley, Nuala Willis, Melodie Waddingham, Cynthia Morey, John Heley, Graeme Scott, John Georgiadis, Ita Herbert, Ania Duczmal, Cyril Davey, Esme Penry-Davey, Virginia Bradbury, Isla Mathieson, Iona Mathieson, Claudia Mellor, Penelope Zagoul, Helen Bradbury, Jennifer Spillane, Catherine Wilson, David Christian, Rashid Karapiet, Arther 'Arthuro' Nightingale, Vass Anderson, Desmond Longfield, Michael Pearn, Peta Bartlett, Jill Pert, Marina Banfield, Barbara Head, Martin Kennon, Valerie Barnes, Kent Olesen, Michael Volpe, Dustin Hoffman, Ronald Harwood
• Director: Dustin Hoffman
• Runtime: 1:38
• Company: BBC Films, Alliance Films, E1 Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie