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Peter's Friends (1992)

Peter's Friends poster
Directed by
Kenneth Branagh
Genre
drama film, romantic comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 218 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Six Cambridge friends who were in an acting troupe reunite ten years after graduation. They gather at the country estate of one friend for a New Year's holiday.

nostalgicbittersweetwarmcomedicsentimentalreflectivelighthearteddramatic

What happens

Peter's Friends is a 1992 British comedy film directed and produced by Kenneth Branagh, and written by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman. The film follows six friends (played by Stephen Fry, Branagh, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton and Emma Thompson), members of an acting troupe who graduated from Cambridge University in 1982 and went their separate ways. Ten years later, Peter inherits a large estate from his father and invites the group to spend the New Year's holiday with him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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