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Plots with a View (2002)

Plots with a View poster
Original title
Undertaking Betty
Directed by
Nick Hurran
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 115 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a small town fakes her own death to escape her marriage and be with her true love. Her plan gets complicated when a funeral home director becomes involved.

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What happens

Plots with a View, released internationally as Undertaking Betty, is a 2002 British romantic black comedy film written by Frederick Ponzlov, directed by Nick Hurran, starring Brenda Blethyn, Robert Pugh, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts, Lee Evans and Christopher Walken. The film began filming in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales in 2002, and was released in the U.S. on 12 November 2005, with a DVD release on 7 March 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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