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Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

Cold Comfort Farm poster
Directed by
John Schlesinger
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
6
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman moves from London to live with her eccentric relatives on a chaotic farm in the countryside. She uses her practical and modern ideas to sort out their messy lives and find romance.

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What happens

Cold Comfort Farm is a 1995 British comedy film directed by John Schlesinger and produced by the BBC and Thames Television, an adaptation of Stella Gibbons' 1932 book of the same name, the film stars Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen and Rufus Sewell. Originally broadcast on 1 January 1995 on the BBC, it was Schlesinger's final film shot in his home country of Britain, and was picked up for theatrical release in North America through Gramercy Pictures, where it was a small success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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